| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 147 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Routledge studies in ecological economics ; 13 |
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Routledge studies in ecological economics ; 13
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. The industrial waste market -- 3. Creating the market for household waste and extended producer responsibility -- 4. First-best economy: comparisons between a disposal fee policy and EPR-based policies -- 5. The second-best policy for recycling household waste -- 6. The durability of goods and the right recycling policy for household waste -- 7. International trade of waste and environmental pollution -- 8. The effects of introducing EPR policies in developed countries on international trade, the environment, and social welfare -- 9. The effectiveness of the Basel Convention -- 10. The policies adopted in China and India and the international trade policy -- 11. Conclusions |
| Summary |
Waste generation, source reduction and recycling are matters of concern in today's world. The book discusses how economics can contribute to solve environmental problems and studies the waste reduction and recycling problems both theoretically and empirically, covering not only traditional resource economics and waste management, but also recent problem of Electric waste (E-waste) and recycling |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-144) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Recycling (Waste, etc.) -- Case studies
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Refuse and refuse disposal -- Case studies
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Waste products -- Case studies
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy.
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Recycling (Waste, etc.)
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Refuse and refuse disposal.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
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Waste products.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Managi, Shunsuke.
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| ISBN |
0203828011 |
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6613126950 |
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9780203828014 |
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9786613126955 |
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