The Organization and Efficiency of Residential Recycling Services

Wayne CArroll
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Wayne CArroll: University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire

Eastern Economic Journal, 1995, vol. 21, issue 2, 215-225

Abstract: Using data on residential recycling costs from fifty-seven Wisconsin cities, this study finds that average per-household recycling costs are significantly lower in cities that contract with a firm to provide curbside collection than in cities that provide municipal collection service. Higher population density reduces per-household recycling collection costs, but city size is not a significant determinant. Costs were higher in a city that had a market-based subscription program with several recycling haulers. These results are consistent with earlier work on the costs of waste disposal services.

Keywords: Recycling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1995
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