to shore for recycling or disposal. For installations where there is no generic solution, one should take a case …

This paper summarizes the economics perspective on recycling of municipal solid waste. The first section reviews recent … data on recycling rates in the United States and across all OECD countries. The OECD data suggest the average aggregate … recycling rate across member countries appears to have plateaued over the past several decades. Data from the United States on …

, many cities around the world have adopted policies to quickly remove litter. While such policies may prevent people from …

also at dealing with local air and water pollution, waste management and the conservation of biodiversity. The laws that … followed the Grenelle de l'environnement encompass policy measures in energy generation, manufacturing, transport, waste … reduce carbon intensity in the residential and transport sectors; how to improve waste management; and whether external costs …

Recycling waste from used goods can substitute for scarce raw materials and reduce resource dependence. This paper … presents a model of waste collection, recycling and final goods production using raw and recycled materials. Non-recycled waste … must be safely stored by landfill to avoid environmental damage. The costs of waste disposal create externalities. An …

This paper investigates the long-run economic relationship between health care expenditure and income in the world … using data on 167 countries over the period 1995-2012, collected from the World Bank data set. The analysis is carried using …

stimulates recycling as expected. But it also increases primary material extraction and - possibly - the total waste flow, and it …In this paper we consider a competitive economy with flows of materials from extraction via recycling to landfilling … reduces the recycling ratio. …

encourage green design, and to make better use of products in ways that reduce waste. This essay attempts to discuss circular …