The problem of preparation the food packaging waste for recycling in Poland

Andrzej Marcinkowski and Arkadiusz Michał Kowalski

Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 2012, vol. 69, issue C, 10-16

Abstract: Waste segregation ‘at source’ has become more and more common in many countries all around the world, including Poland. There is a divergence in the literature about whether householders’ segregation efforts should be included in a cost-benefit analysis of recycling system. Most papers concerning this issue is based on situation of highly developed countries. Some studies ignore the problem assuming that the efforts are balanced by satisfaction of contribution to the sustainability. However, such an assumption seems to be not suitable for reality of post-communist Central European countries, like Poland.

Keywords: Municipal waste; Packaging waste; Recycling; Cost-benefit analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2012.09.004

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