This report focusses on the determinants of household waste generation, the separation of recyclables and waste …

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of municipal and packaging waste generation dynamics, based on panel data … analyses the extent to which decoupling has occurred for the two waste streams and if and how effectively EU waste policy has … influenced the waste generation-income relationship since 1995. We demonstrate that although absolute decoupling is far from …

Although waste prevention is considered the best possible option in the European waste-hierarchy model, it is not … always clear what is meant by “waste prevention”. This chapter presents three cases of waste prevention, selected to … illustrate the variety of these practices: a waste-management company selling waste-prevention services, the opportunity for …

This paper presents on the one hand, the packaging waste management in our country, and on the other hand the packaging … waste - most of them disposable - prevention mechanisms. The study provides useful information regarding the quantities of … the packaging waste, the capitalization methods and their impact on the environment and population. Preventing waste means …

With worldwide concern for how and where to dispose of household waste, policy-makers are increasingly looking for … tools to efficiently and effectively reduce the amount of waste households produce. Using a comprehensive household …, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden), we examine waste policy, recycling behavior, and waste prevention …

argue that waste prevention often provides unexpected innovation offsets, and that onsite waste treatment often provides … of pollution reduction and profitability. We find strong evidence that waste prevention leads to financial gain, but we … waste prevention alone are responsible for the observed association between lower emissions and profitability. …

, economic and social costs of pollution and waste management. …

This paper presents an original approach to the impact of extended producer responsibility instruments for waste … prevention upon firms\' innovative strategies and market structure. Our analysis is based on a stylised framework of waste … (recycling). This model has been adapted to explore the impact of waste prevention instruments upon industrial dynamics, and more …