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The EU advocates a household waste recycling rate of more than 70%. Although the Netherlands already years ago invested … in recycling policies heavily, this is still a large challenge as nowadays on average this rate is approximately 50% and … policies are effective in increasing the recycling rates. Based on a large panel data set for the Netherlands , we show that …
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consideration and argue that, whether or not it is successful against IP, it does not extend as an argument against ownership of non …
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house financing based on Ijarah (Lease). In the practice of Leasing-I Line there is no transfer of ownership and the lease …
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program rather than a non-flexible one, the municipality: i) invests in recycling capacity under circumstances where it would … with recycling, keeping the option to switch back to landfilling, if profitable. We determine the optimal share of waste to …
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This research analyzes the economic, political, and demographic determinants of a community's recycling effort. A … series of statewide recycling targets and outlines the public policies aimed at achieving them. Local governments also are … census data on socioeconomic attributes. Among the policy instruments found to influence recycling are unit pricing, curbside …
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The article presents a framework for assessing integrated waste management opportunities adopting an economic life-cycle analysis approach. Results show that greening the waste management sector represents an opportunity for sustainable development. However, this will hardly occur without...
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have to exert separation effort to produce near-homogeneous waste streams suitable for recycling. Our model explicitly … guide recycling as well as legal disposal (landfilling) and illegal dumping. Both the number and level of taxes and …
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A foundation is provided for a correct and accurate analysis of the relationship between monetary values and physical dimensions in economic production. A distinction is proposed between direct and indirect substitution. Linked to this, a classification is offered of various types of...
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