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implemented in France may allow the optimal application of recycling techniques, combined with waste-to-energy facilities … consequence will be the development of recycling at levels well below the objectives of policy makers. …
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The paper investigates the costs of waste disposal and recycling services by using a well-behaved Composite cost … technology exhibits constant returns to scale as well as scope economies between disposal and recycling. As far as the size of …. Our findings suggest that, on the one hand, joint management of disposal and recycling should be encouraged, and, on the …
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returned for recycling. Deposit-refunds are used for beverage containers, lead-acid batteries, motor oil, tires, various … disposal fees, recycled content standards, and recycling subsidies are inferior to a deposit-refund. These results have been … corroborated in calibrated models of U.S. waste and recycling. And in theoretical models that consider joint environmental problems …
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The paper investigates the costs of waste disposal and recycling services by using a well-behaved Composite cost … technology exhibits constant returns to scale as well as scope economies between disposal and recycling. As far as the size of …. Our findings suggest that, on the one hand, joint management of disposal and recycling should be encouraged, and, on the …
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This paper analyses the social impact of liberalisation of plastic bottles in Malta, wherein the system of returnable glass bottles has effectively been replaced by a system of disposable plastic bottles. The paper applies concepts such as Ulrich Beck's (1992) 'risk society', and Michael...
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Based on contrasting properties, sewage sludge can be co-recycled in order to take simultaneously the best profit and minimise environmental pollution. The present study was conducted to assess the physical and chemical properties of sewage sludge generated from different sources in the...
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This article tries to evaluate the waste management strategy results in construction and demolition industry in Constanta district. Its purpose is to establish a framework for creating a waste management system to ensure the objectives and targets of the district, in accordance with national and...
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China has undergone remarkable economic growth spearheaded by industrialization. Chinese industry demands a wide variety of raw materials in increasing amounts in order to manufacture all kinds of products. Industrial demand exceeds domestic supply for several materials. Thus, China needs to...
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accounts for use in modeling geographically specific e-waste recycling systems. The authors address conceptual and practical … recycling activities and recyclable EOL products; (2) accounting challenges related to flows of EOL products observed mainly in … case of e-waste recycling for the Atlanta metropolitan area (AMA) with an empirically based hypothetical scenario. …
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There are two major ways in which solid waste can be sorted and recycled – at the household level, when households are required to sort waste into a given number of categories, or in specialized sorting facilities. Traditionally, it has been thought that sorting at the household level is an...
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