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equipment. The objective of this article is to identify the factors that can influence the collection of electronic and … regression, the study shows the specifics of the collection of electrical and household appliances, depending on several factors …, and the legislative measures taken at the European level. The main results highlight the degree of collection of …
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Research about the circular economy is dominated by engineers, architects, and social scientists in fields other than economics. The concepts they study can be useful in economic models of policies – to reduce virgin materials extraction, to encourage green design, and to make better use of...
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This paper summarizes the economics perspective on recycling of municipal solid waste. The first section reviews recent … data on recycling rates in the United States and across all OECD countries. The OECD data suggest the average aggregate … recycling rate across member countries appears to have plateaued over the past several decades. Data from the United States on …
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The collection of solid waste and the recovery of recyclable material from waste belong to the many challenges Cuba has …
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analysis of data from a survey on households’ glass recycling indicates that perceived responsibility is a major determinant … for reported recycling; that responsibility ascription is influenced by beliefs about others’ behavior; and that people …
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integration existing in Lombardy among collectors and disposal operators. On the contrary, we discover robust and significant … the influence of party competition on the percentage of household recycling, with the left wing ruling parties more …
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Worldwide legislation requires the presence of air filtration systems with detectors to monitor and control the release of radionuclides into the air in nuclear medicine centers. Dealing with radionuclides includes trapping the vapors and storing it for decay. However, these methods can involve...
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This paper investigates the economic and environmental effects of pay-as-youthrow (PAYT) waste programs. Using a newly constructed longitudinal dataset of Italian municipalities and a staked-by-event design, we obtain three main findings: (i) PAYT programs significantly reduce total waste...
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Can high-quality local governance alleviate the environmental impact of large-scale refugee migration? The recent surge in refugee flows has brought additional challenges to local governments in Europe, the Middle East and certain regions of Africa and Asia. In this paper, we focus on the case...
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The municipal solid waste collection and disposal service is a key element of the European strategy aimed at moving … towards a circular economy. An efficient municipal solid waste collection and disposal is closely related to both lower waste …
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