The Waste Market Institutional Developments in Europe Edited by E. Dijkgraaf SEOR-ECRi, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands and R.H.J.M. Gradus Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ^J...

The article discusses the possible cost savings of contracting out refuse collection in the Netherlands. According to foreign econometric studies, contracting out refuse collection leads to cost savings of approximately 20%. Our findings indicate that similar cost savings apply to the...

Using a panel data set for Dutch municipalities we estimate effects for weight-based, bag-based, frequency-based and volume-based pricing of household waste collection. Unit-based pricing shows to be effective in reducing solid and compostable and increasing recyclable waste. Pricing has no...