Resource dependence, recycling, and trade

Peter Egger and Christian Keuschnigg

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2024, vol. 128, issue C

Abstract: Recycling waste from used goods can substitute for scarce virgin materials and reduce resource dependence. We present a model of waste collection, recycling, and final goods production using virgin and recycled materials. Environmentally safe disposal of trash (non-recycled waste) requires costly processing by landfill and burning which creates externalities. Trade between resource poor and resource rich countries involves non-trivial interactions between terms of trade effects and distortions in recycling and resource extraction. We analyze welfare improving policy intervention with local trash disposal and with trade in trash.

Keywords: Waste; Recycling; Externalities; Resource dependence; Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D62 F18 Q32 Q53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2024.103064

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