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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND WORLD ECOLOGY, vol.33, no.2, pp.210-220, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
Public waste management can minimize environmental impacts by ensuring efficiency in waste reduction, recycling, and waste disposal processes. When combined with effective waste management, biomass energy can effectively replace fossil fuels. It is essential to protect natural resources in order to maximize the effects of waste management and biomass energy. In this context, this study investigates the effects of biomass energy, public waste management expenditures, and natural resource depletion on the load capacity factor in selected EU countries for the period 1995-2021. The findings of the dynamic common correlated effects estimator (DCCE) reveal that biomass energy has a positive effect on the LCF in Spain, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Portugal. Waste management expenditure has a positive impact on the LCF in the Netherlands. Although the impact of natural resource depletion is negative on the LCF in most nations, it significantly decreases the LCF only in Hungary. A harmonized framework specific to each state's unique characteristics is proposed to address variable impacts across EU countries. The challenges of waste management, biomass energy, and natural resource depletion can be solved through a unified, adaptable approach within the EU.