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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 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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We estimate willingness to pay (WTP) for better quality of tap water on a unique cross-section sample from 10 OECD countries. On the pooled sample, households are willing to pay 7.5% of the median annual water bill to improve the tap water quality. The highest relative WTP for better tap water...
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Poorly maintained public infrastructure is common in low- and middle-income countries, with consequences for service delivery and public health. By experimentally identifying the impact of incentives for local maintenance for both providers and potential users, this paper provides one of the...
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This paper examines how the different characteristics of both electric vehicles themselves and the consumers would influence the consumption behavior on electric vehicles. Data collection is based on the questionnaire design using the orthogonal experimental method and large-scale stated...
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