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 …