Little is known about the volume of international recycling in Asia, the problems caused and the struggle to properly manage the trade. This pathbreaking book addresses this gap in the literature, and provides a comprehensive overview of the international trade flow of recyclable waste in Asia...

"Little is known about the volume of international recycling in Asia, the problems caused and the struggle to properly manage the trade. This pathbreaking book addresses this gap in the literature, and provides a comprehensive overview of the international trade flow of recyclable waste in Asia...

1. Introduction -- 2. The industrial waste market -- 3. Creating the market for household waste and extended producer responsibility -- 4. First-best economy : comparisons between a disposal fee policy and EPR-based policies -- 5. The second-best policy for recycling household waste -- 6. The...