Waste generation, waste disposal and policy effectiveness

Massimiliano Mazzanti and Roberto Zoboli

Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 2008, vol. 52, issue 10, 1221-1234

Abstract: Waste generation and waste disposal are issues that are becoming increasingly prominent in the environmental arena both from a policy perspective and in the context of delinking analysis. Waste generation is still increasing proportionally with income, and economic and environmental costs associated to landfilling are also increasing. Thus, the need of accelerating the eventual delinking process by the introduction of policies at all stages of waste production and disposal.

Keywords: Delinking; Waste generation; Waste disposal; Landfill diversion; Waste policies; Incineration; Recycling; Landfill Directive (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 Q38 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2008.07.003

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