Optimizing recycling in all of New York City's neighborhoods: Using GIS to develop the REAP index for improved recycling education, awareness, and participation

Marjorie J. Clarke and Juliana A. Maantay

Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 2006, vol. 46, issue 2, 128-148

Abstract: New York City's recycling program began in 1988 with scattered pilot programs to collect a restricted number of recyclable categories. Over time, the program was made more uniform in its implementation, was expanded citywide, and targeted more types of recyclables. Although Department of Sanitation surveys have shown that residents in all areas of the city have understood the requirements of the recycling program, recycling diversion rates vary substantially throughout the city's neighborhoods, ranging from 9 to 31% per district, while city-wide the diversion rate averages only about 20%.

Keywords: Recycling; Diversion rates; Recycling participation; Geographic information systems (GIS); Weighted linear index model; New York City; Solid waste management; Solid waste policy; Disparities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2005.06.008

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