Abstract
This paper estimates the impact of garbage fees and curbside recycling programs on garbage and recycling amounts. Without correction for endogenous policy, a price per bag of garbage has a negative effect on garbage and a positive cross-price effect on recycling. Correction for endogenous local policy increases the effect of the user fee on garbage and the effect of curbside recycling collection on recycling. Introducing a fee of $1 per bag is estimated to reduce garbage by 412 pounds per person per year (44%), but to increase recycling by only 30 pounds per person per year.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | The Economics of Residential Solid Waste Management |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Pages | 397-420 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781351891028 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780754623236 |
| State | Published - Oct 24 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
- General Business, Management and Accounting