Recycling in Multifamily Dwellings: Does Convenience Matter?

Amy Whritenour Ando () and Anne Y. Gosselin

Economic Inquiry, 2005, vol. 43, issue 2, pages 426-438

Abstract: Factors that decrease the time cost of recycling have significant positive correlations with recycling rates in multifamily dwellings (MFDs). Waste-management experts have previously used anecdotes to infer a link between convenience and waste-diversion rates in MFD recycling programs. This article confirms and quantifies that link by applying probit and double-censored tobit analysis to survey data from 214 households in Urbana, Illinois. We find a strong connection between recycling rates and the perceived presence of adequate interior space for processing recyclables, and distance to recycling bins affects container-recycling intensity. The results have implications for cost-effective design of MFD recycling programs.(JEL DI, Q2) Copyright 2005, Oxford University Press.

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Date: 2005

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