From pay-per-bag to pay-per-kg: The case of Flanders revisited.
Waste Manag Res
; 33(12): 1103-11, 2015 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-26500218
ABSTRACT
Weight-based pricing systems for municipal solid waste collection and processing are increasingly popular in many European countries and regions. However, the impact on waste generation of such pricing schedules remains debated and depends strongly on the practical details of the system used. This article assesses the impact of a voluntary transition by Flemish municipalities from the default price-per-bag pricing systems to a more sophisticated weight-based pricing schedule. By (1) exploiting alternative statistical techniques, (2) using more recent data and (3) focusing on the introduction effect of the new pricing schedule, we are able to complement and refine prior research on this topic. Our results indicate that introducing weight-based pricing has initially a significant and substantial downward impact on the amount of residual municipal solid waste per capita. This result is robust under different methodologies that control for selection bias. There are however, indications that this initial effect does not persist in the years after introduction.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
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Resíduos Sólidos
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Eliminação de Resíduos
Tipo de estudo:
Health_economic_evaluation
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
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En
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Waste Manag Res
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SAUDE AMBIENTAL
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TOXICOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article
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Bélgica