and for the replacement of unsorted waste with recycling. Although many studies have shown that UBP has a short-run effect … on recycling, few works have tackled the long-run effect on waste generation and recycling. By using panel data for 665 … Japanese cities over 8 years, we examine the long-run effect of UBP on waste generation and recycling. The estimation results …

telephone survey of recycling valuation and behavior. Following previous research in both psychology and survey methodology, we …

This paper deals with the mathematical analysis of product-process chains, aimed at the proper design of recycling … sophisticated packaging tools requires insight into the many options of the design of a reuse/recycling chain. This is due to … expectations for the near future that are related to extended product responsibility and the enforcement of recycling. Depending on …

The present study examines the optimal recycling rate for municipal solid waste. First, an optimal control model is … developed to account for the physical costs of recycling, the social costs of landfilling, and consumers' environmental … from recycling are included in the simulation using the results of a recent contingent valuation study. The results of the …

This paper analyzes waste disposal, recycling and composting in a municipality in southwest Sweden. In 1994, Varberg … introduced a weight-based billing system for household waste charging 1 kr/kg of waste and at the same time recycling centers … increased recycling. This study had access to actual measured data on waste disposal at the household level for a residential …

andexpenditures on waste disposal, the latter being optimally dividedbetween ``recycling''and ``landfilling.'' Recycling is thoughtof … themunicipality recycles, another motive for recycling might be thatrecycling itself generates utility. Our analysis suggests thatthe … optimal recycling program varies considerably with bothlandfill capacity and initial income. For example, richermunicipalities …

the waste stock externality, a system of uniform consumption taxes and legal (or curbside) disposal and recycling … policy is here concluded to be no longer feasible; instead, a system of differential consumption taxes and recycling …

generation and recycling behavior in Taiwan over the past decade. The three policies are unit-pricing of garbage in Taipei, a … mandatory recycling program in Kaohsiung, and a nationwide policy of charging for plastic bags. We estimate policy effects on … total waste, total recycling, and recycling of four specific materials, all measured by weight per capita. Unlike prior work …