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 …

Do households' recycling efforts represent a social cost, which should be taken into account in cost-benefit analyses … of alternative waste treatment systems? Some argue that it should not, since recycling efforts are to a large extent … voluntary. We demonstrate that if the government can indirectly increase voluntary recycling efforts through appeals to the …

recycled and finally landfilled, and where a recycling firm has market power. The material content constitutes an aspect of … green product design and affects the recycling costs. Although the recycling firm's supply of recycling services is … proposed which correct for market failures. One promising candidate is a relative recycling standard combined with a …