Waste Policies and Individual Behaviours

The chapter aims at investigating waste policies that may affect individuals’ behaviour towards waste minimization and recycling. Both market base mechanisms, as unit-based pricing for unsorted waste, and technical policies, as adoption of curbside or drop-off systems are considered. The strength and weakness of each mechanism as drivers of people’s waste-related behaviours are highlighte

Wasting Time? Recycling Incentives in Urban Taiwan and Japan

Solid waste, Recycling, Illegal dumping, Waste disposal costs,

Effects of Unit-Based Garbage Pricing: A Differences-in-Differences Approach

Unit-based pricing, Household waste, Recycling, Endogenous policy, Policy interaction, H31, Q53,