Claims of property value loss are commonly raised by homeowners when noxious facilities are sited or when new information about the hazards of existing facilities is made public. While the capitalization of externalities into land values is consistent with economic theory, empirical measurement...

In January 1996, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a policy statement endorsing wastewater effluent trading in watersheds, hoping to promote additional interest in the subject. The policy describes five types of effluent trades - point source/point source, point...

Solid waste management in low income developing countries is generally theresponsibility of the official sector, such as municipal corporations. However, thereare extensive inputs from the from the private informal sector in waste collection,separation and recycling. Four different activities in...

Der Zwang zur Verwertung von Wertstoffen im Rahmen des Recyclings, m?glichst unter Anwendung von automatisierten, d.h. kosteng?nstigen Systemen, ist bei der heutigen Abfallsituation unumg?nglich. Dr. K.-H. Wehking, Geschaftsf?hrer der LogTech GmbH, beschreibt den Einsatz eines neu konzipierten...

Die heutigen Sammelverfahren f?r Problemf?lle f?hren h?ufig dazu, da? die Sonderabf?lle vor ihrer Behandlung oder Zwischenlagerung nochmals nachsortiert werden m?ssen. Bisher erfolgt diese Sortierung rein manuell unter hohem Personaleinsatz, indem aus den Anlieferungsbeh?ltern jedes einzelne...

The purpose of this research is to examine the following research question: how has enforcement of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) adapted to the Big Box business system innovation? Additionally, the study explored the possible nature of regulatory choke points that may emerge from...

Non-market valuation techniques are vital instruments of policy. Providing quantitative welfare estimates validates public policy decisions. This research independently addresses three aspects of nonmarket valuation. Hedonic valuation of industrial accidents, limitations in recreational demand...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO) administers and operates the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) site, which hosts a deep geologic repository for safe disposal of U.S. defense-related TRU waste and is located 42 kilometers (km) east of Carlsbad, New Mexico. CBFO...