selection and market variables such as the unit charge for waste management, a result probably affected by the high degree of …

Two of the main pillars of the EU waste collection policy are the Proximity Principle and Self-Sufficiency Principle …. According to those, waste should be disposed as close as possible to where it has been produced. The effect of such provision is … to provide an incentive to collectors and waste producers to increase the amount of separated waste. …

The present research proposes a macroeconomic assessment of the role of waste incineration with energy recovery (WtE …

In the debate on international waste trade, the focus on resource efficiency and recycling has gradually begun to … Responsibility (EPR) on the export of waste batteries (WB). EPR is considered as a key policy for the "marketization of waste". On … the other hand, WB are a hazardous waste that also contain a high concentration of critical raw materials. As such, they …

optimal waste management program under uncertainty about the price of recyclables in the secondary market. The municipality … with recycling, keeping the option to switch back to landfilling, if profitable. We determine the optimal share of waste to … ; Flexibility ; Municipal Waste ; Recycling …

We empirically test delinking of waste dynamics with regard to economic growth and the effectiveness of environmental … and specific waste-related policies, by exploiting a newly constructed, integrated waste-economic-policy dataset based on … official data for the EU15 for 1995-2007. We find that absolute delinking for waste generation is far from being achieved in …

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 …

Waste generation and waste disposal are issues that are becoming increasingly prominent in the environmental arena both … from a policy perspective and in the context of delinking analysis. Waste generation is still increasing proportionally … comprehensive analysis of waste generation, incineration, recycling and landfill dynamics based on panel data for the EU25, to …