By 2050, the world is expected to generate 3.40 billion tons of waste annually, increasing drastically from today’s 2.01 billion tons. What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050 aggregates extensive solid waste data at the national and urban levels. It estimates and...

Solid waste management is the one thing just about every city government provides for its residents. While service levels, environmental impacts and costs vary dramatically, solid waste management is arguably the most important municipal service and serves as a prerequisite for other municipal...

1. Introduction -- 2. The industrial waste market -- 3. Creating the market for household waste and extended producer responsibility -- 4. First-best economy : comparisons between a disposal fee policy and EPR-based policies -- 5. The second-best policy for recycling household waste -- 6. The...