Table 2 Necessity scores of criteria in the third step of scoring of the Delphi questionnaire.

From: Governance of rural solid waste under a multi-subject governance model

Aspect

Criteria

Necessity Scoring

Mean

Value

Standard deviation

CDI

Variable

number

Ӏ

II

III

IV

V

Institution

Waste processing procedure standards

9

9

9

8

9

8.8

0.400

0.045

A1

Waste sorting standards

7

8

8

8

8

7.8

0.400

0.051

A2

Reward and punishment incentive mechanism

8

8

8

7

8

7.8

0.400

0.051

A3

Supervision mechanism

5

5

6

6

6

5.6

0.490

0.087

Discarded

Waste processing fee mechanism

6

6

7

7

7

6.6

0.490

0.074

A4

Waste management subsidy mechanism

5

4

5

5

5

4.8

0.400

0.083

Discarded

“County-Town-Village” linkage mechanism

9

9

8

9

9

8.8

0.400

0.045

A5

Personnel

Environmental governance promotion

4

4

4

4

5

4.2

0.400

0.095

Discarded

Waste management training

8

7

8

8

8

7.8

0.400

0.051

B1

Village leaders’ initiative system

7

7

7

7

7

7

0.000

0.000

B2

Formation of professional waste management teams

8

8

8

8

8

8

0.000

0.000

B3

Logistics

Waste sorting

9

9

9

10

9

9.2

0.400

0.043

C1

Waste collection

6

5

5

6

6

5.6

0.490

0.087

Discarded

Waste transportation

7

7

7

8

8

7.4

0.490

0.066

C2

Logistics linkage management

8

8

8

9

8

8.2

0.400

0.049

C3

Processing

Optimization of fuel mix (not primarily straw)

7

8

7

7

7

7.2

0.400

0.056

D1

Maximizing composting benefits

8

8

7

8

8

7.8

0.400

0.051

D2

Centralized waste management

10

10

9

9

8

9.2

0.748

0.081

D3

Diversified management approaches

10

10

9

10

10

9.8

0.400

0.041

D4

Enhancing recycling rate

5

5

5

5

4

4.8

0.400

0.083

Discarded

Promotion of new treatment technologies

8

8

7

8

8

7.8

0.400

0.051

D5

Support

Support for non-governmental environmental organizations

7

7

7

7

8

7.2

0.400

0.056

E1

Expanding the sanitation market (especially the intermediary recycling market)

7

8

7

7

8

7.4

0.490

0.066

E2

Diversified supporting funds

7

8

8

8

7

7.6

0.490

0.064

E3

Multi-subject coordination long-term mechanism

10

9

10

9

9

9.4

0.490

0.052

E4

Infrastructure construction

3

3

3

3

3

3

0.000

0.000

E5

Enterprise participation (PPP Model)

8

8

8

8

9

8.2

0.400

0.049

E6

Inclusion of diverse entities (financial institutions, research institutions, etc.)

4

5

5

5

5

4.8

0.400

0.083

Discarded

Construction of an information-sharing platform

6

6

5

6

6

5.8

0.400

0.069

Discarded

Urban-rural integrated operation model

9

9

10

9

9

9.2

0.400

0.043

E7

Improving the waste recycling industrial chain

7

8

8

8

7

7.6

0.490

0.064

E8

Improving government-centric public management

5

6

6

5

5

5.4

0.490

0.091

Discarded