Fostering Recycling Participation in Wisconsin Households through Single-Stream Programs

Jason Bell, Joel Huber and W Viscusi

Land Economics, 2017, vol. 93, issue 3, 481-502

Abstract: Single-stream recycling enables households to recycle an unsorted mix of cans, plastic, glass, and paper, thereby reducing recycling costs. The expansion of single-stream recycling in Wisconsin provides a natural experiment to assess the extent to which single-stream increases recycling behavior. Using a longitudinal database that matches household recycling participation to county-level recycling policies from Wisconsin, we identify respondent and county characteristics that promote recycling. The results of both fixed-effects regressions and a differences-in-differences analysis demonstrate that single-stream programs increase recycling within households. The shift from dual-stream to single-stream has benefits exceeding costs.

JEL-codes: Q53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
Note: DOI: 10.3368/le.93.3.481
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