where to deposit waste from each county, this paper studies the economic costs of import bans and import taxes and the … waste shipments. Using data on intercounty waste flows in California and a random utility model of haulers’ decisions about … implications on the distribution of waste disposal by race (and ethnicity). I find NIMBY-motivated laws would reduce intercounty …

Open dumping of waste and discharging untreated wastewater into environment are key causes of environmental pollution … in the developing world, including South Asian countries. Waste and wastewater however can be a source for recovering … energy, nutrients and water if properly treated or recycled rather than a cause of pollution and diseases spread. The …

generate significant pollution problems and risks to human health and the environment. Over one billion people living in low …, there are opportunities for reducing pollution, alleviating poverty, improving the urban environment, and lowering …, and Latin America is discussed. -- urbanization ; cities ; environment ; waste …

We provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of environmental governance concerning air pollution, water … problems and waste generation in Kazakhstan. The overview of the environmental and institutional framework in these fields … management of air, waste and water. However, more coordinated cross-sectoral actions, both on the regional and the national level …

This study analyses the environmental and financial sustainability of solid waste management in Indian cities. It … presents an assessment of the rapidly rising volume of municipal solid waste, its changing composition, the continuing practice … of mixing biodegradable (wet) waste with dry waste at the source of generation, and the growing volume of plastic in the …

Both energy and the environment are inputs into production, influencing the economy and the overall welfare of the … population. While the economy itself has been a central focus of economic history from its inception, energy and the environment … related to air, water, and land pollution. One environmental area that has received attention is water pollution from human …

We study the implications of the Chinese waste import ban of 2018 on intraEuropean plastic waste trade. Specifically …, we ask if it led to a "waste haven" effect, which would imply that countries with high disposal and recycling costs … started to export more plastic waste to countries with lower costs. We study this question in a gravity difference …

This paper summarizes the economics perspective on recycling of municipal solid waste. The first section reviews recent … greatly from policies enacted for yard waste, because these two materials are very different from each other. A surgical …