Acuff, Kaylee; Kaffine, Daniel T. - In: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 65 (2013) 1, pp. 74-86
This paper examines least-cost policies for waste reduction, incorporating upstream greenhouse gas externalities … greenhouse gas emissions are of the same order as or larger than the benefits of reducing solid waste disposal, implying larger … optimal total waste reduction than previous studies. Furthermore, the least-cost intervention levels will be material …