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This paper provides analyses of municipal waste generation and landfill diversion dynamics based on an 8-year panel … dataset for Italy covering 103 provinces. Although absolute declining for waste generation is a long way off, there are some …, probably due to the strong decentralisation of waste management and policies: local, economic, policy and structural factors …
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We empirically test delinking of waste dynamics with regard to economic growth and the effectiveness of environmental … and specific waste-related policies, by exploiting a newly constructed, integrated waste-economic-policy dataset based on … official data for the EU15 for 1995-2007. We find that absolute delinking for waste generation is far from being achieved in …
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Waste generation and waste disposal are issues that are becoming increasingly prominent in the environmental arena both … from a policy perspective and in the context of delinking analysis. Waste generation is still increasing proportionally … comprehensive analysis of waste generation, incineration, recycling and landfill dynamics based on panel data for the EU25, to …
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selection and market variables such as the unit charge for waste management, a result probably affected by the high degree of …
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The paper investigates the relationship between environmental participation and littering. Previous empirical work in the area of littering is scarce as is evidence regarding the determinants of littering behavior. We address these deficiencies, demonstrating a strong empirical link between...
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The present research proposes a macroeconomic assessment of the role of waste incineration with energy recovery (WtE …
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This study analyses the environmental and financial sustainability of solid waste management in Indian cities. It … presents an assessment of the rapidly rising volume of municipal solid waste, its changing composition, the continuing practice … of mixing biodegradable (wet) waste with dry waste at the source of generation, and the growing volume of plastic in the …
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In the debate on international waste trade, the focus on resource efficiency and recycling has gradually begun to … Responsibility (EPR) on the export of waste batteries (WB). EPR is considered as a key policy for the "marketization of waste". On … the other hand, WB are a hazardous waste that also contain a high concentration of critical raw materials. As such, they …
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