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whether the risen costs of waste collection and treatment can be diminished by changing policy instruments. The thesis shows … incineration. Finally, the use of international competition might reduce treatment costs. In total the thesis concludes that a cost … behavior. Furthermore, the use of contracting out to private or public firms reduces total collection costs. Third, a social …
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disposal methods, landfilling versus incineration using waste-to-energy (WTE) plants. The data only provide some support for … the widespread policy preference for incineration over landfilling if the analysis is restricted to environmental costs … alone. Private costs, however, are so much higher for incineration, that landfilling is the social cost minimizing option at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325078
disposal methods, landfilling versus incineration using waste-to-energy (WTE) plants. The data only provide some support for … the widespread policy preference for incineration over landfilling if the analysis is restricted to environmental costs … alone. Private costs, however, are so much higher for incineration, that landfilling is the social cost minimizing option at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011591651
disposal methods, landfilling versus incineration using waste-to-energy (WTE) plants. The data only provide some support for … the widespread policy preference for incineration over landfilling if the analysis is restricted to environmental costs … alone. Private costs, however, are so much higher for incineration, that landfilling is the social cost minimizing option at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005230945
with income, and economic and environmental costs associated to landfilling are also increasing. This paper provides a … comprehensive analysis of waste generation, incineration, recycling and landfill dynamics based on panel data for the EU25, to … incentives for waste prevention. Regarding landfill and incineration, the two trends, as expected, are respectively decreasing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279639
with income, and economic and environmental costs associated to landfilling are also increasing. This paper provides a … comprehensive analysis of waste generation, incineration, recycling and landfill dynamics based on panel data for the EU25, to … incentives for waste prevention. Regarding landfill and incineration, the two trends, as expected, are respectively decreasing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005423108
The cost-effectiveness of plastic recycling is compared to energy recovery from plastic incineration in a waste … avoidance of both CO2 that otherwise would be emitted during incineration and the production of virgin (new) material. There are … significant costs, such as collection costs and recycling costs involved for plastic recycling by municipalities. The benefits of …
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The cost-effectiveness of plastic recycling is compared to energy recovery from plastic incineration in a waste … avoidance of both CO2 that otherwise would be emitted during incineration and the production of virgin (new) material. There are … significant costs, such as collection costs and recycling costs involved for plastic recycling by municipalities. The benefits of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479803
Much attention has been paid to the influence of the institutional form of waste collection on costs. We extend this … more important from a cost-minimizing point of view than the institutional mode of waste collection. In particular, the bag …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328346
Much attention has been paid to the influence of the institutional form of waste collection on costs. We extend this … more important from a cost-minimizing point of view than the institutional mode of waste collection. In particular, the bag …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010226974