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The purpose of this paper is to evaluate environmental regulations based on triangular and trapezoidal fuzzy numbers.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>This paper uses L-R fuzzy numbers to transform the evaluation language into triangular fuzzy numbers, and adopts an <jats:italic>\u03b1<\/jats:italic>-level flexible slacks-based measurement model to evaluate the performance of these regulations. Trapezoidal fuzzy numbers are combined with a data envelopment analysis model, and an <jats:italic>\u03b1<\/jats:italic>-slack-based measurement (SBM) model is used to evaluate the environmental efficiency. The <jats:italic>\u03b1<\/jats:italic>-SBM model is confirmed to be stable and sustainable.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Findings<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Relevant index data from 16,375 enterprises were collected to test the proposed model, and models corresponding to triangular fuzzy numbers and trapezoidal fuzzy numbers were used to evaluate their environmental efficiency. Comparative results showed that the proposed model is feasible and stable.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec>\n<jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The main contributions of this study are twofold. First, this paper provides a valuable evaluation method for environmental regulation. 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