Do mandatory environmental policies really work? A case study of California's mandatory commercial recycling law

Macson O. Ogieriakhi and Xingguo Wang

Economic Analysis and Policy, 2024, vol. 81, issue C, 915-930

Abstract: Increased volumes of solid waste disposal continue to take their toll on US landfills which potentially have very dire consequences, especially regarding increased greenhouse gas emissions from methane and carbon dioxide. The objective of this research is to find out if mandatory recycling policies, such as the one implemented by California in 2012, have a significant reductive effect on landfill waste disposal.

Keywords: Mandatory recycling; Environmental policies; Two-way fixed effects difference in difference estimator; Landfill waste, Greenhouse gas emissions; Kuznet's curve for waste; Placebo test (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2024.01.007

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