. Becker's article entitled “Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach”, to explain why under current conditions more waste …

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

cities - particularly in Africa and Asia - collect less than half of the waste generated. Most wastes are disposed of in open …-income communities and slums lack appropriate waste management services. Given the rapid population growth and urbanization in many … exist in improving the management of waste in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It is argued that, despite a worsening trend …

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 …