This paper provides an overview of global solid waste generation, its environmental costs, and fiscal instruments that … can be used to encourage waste reduction and finance proper disposal. Countries-especially island nations--struggle to … manage an ever-increasing volume of solid waste, generation of which is projected to exceed 2 billion tons a year by 2025 …

This paper examines a Waste Management Organisation's (WMO) pricing options to implement the Pareto … landfilled. The WMO is established by the producers who are responsible for the proper disposal of consumption waste which …

This paper provides analyses of municipal waste generation and landfill diversion dynamics based on an 8-year panel … dataset for Italy covering 103 provinces. Although absolute declining for waste generation is a long way off, there are some …, probably due to the strong decentralisation of waste management and policies: local, economic, policy and structural factors …