Evaluating Circular Economy Performance in Municipal Solid Waste Management: A Hybrid Structural Equation Modeling and Explainable Machine Learning Study from Cajamarca

Persi Vera-Zelada; Emma Verónica Ramos-Farroñán; Alexander Fernando Haro-Sarango; Luis Alberto Vera-Zelada; Julio Roberto Izquierdo-Espinoza; Kevin Litman Florez-Tolentino; Pamela Maidolly Torres-Moya; Roberto Justo Tejada-Estrada; Gary Christiam Farfán-Chilicaus

doi:10.3390/environments13040201

Evaluating Circular Economy Performance in Municipal Solid Waste Management: A Hybrid Structural Equation Modeling and Explainable Machine Learning Study from Cajamarca

Persi Vera-Zelada
, Emma Verónica Ramos-Farroñán
, Alexander Fernando Haro-Sarango
, Luis Alberto Vera-Zelada
, Julio Roberto Izquierdo-Espinoza
, Kevin Litman Florez-Tolentino
, Pamela Maidolly Torres-Moya
, Roberto Justo Tejada-Estrada
, Gary Christiam Farfán-Chilicaus

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Original language	English
Article number	201
Journal	Environments - MDPI
Volume	13
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/environments13040201
State	Published - 1 Apr 2026

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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Vera-Zelada, P., Ramos-Farroñán, E. V., Haro-Sarango, A. F., Vera-Zelada, L. A., Izquierdo-Espinoza, J. R., Florez-Tolentino, K. L., Torres-Moya, P. M., Tejada-Estrada, R. J., & Farfán-Chilicaus, G. C. (2026). Evaluating Circular Economy Performance in Municipal Solid Waste Management: A Hybrid Structural Equation Modeling and Explainable Machine Learning Study from Cajamarca. Environments - MDPI, 13(4), Article 201. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments13040201

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