This paper introduces an incentive incompatibility problem that causes dramatic damage to delicate ecosystems. The aim is to rethink policies that facilitate the introduction of aggressive solid waste in markets with an imperfect infrastructure and in the absence of a secondary market for the...

In the debate on international waste trade, the focus on resource efficiency and recycling has gradually begun to accompany the focus on negative environmental externalities. In this context, we examine the impact of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) on the export of waste batteries (WB)....

The Directorate-General Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, together with the European Standardisation Organisations CEN and CENELEC, and the European Commission Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) have launched an...

The Directorate-General Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, together with the European Standardisation Organisations CEN and CENELEC, and the European Commission Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) have launched an...