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Handbook on waste management / edited by Thomas C. Kinnaman, Kenji Takeuchi.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Elgar original reference
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Refuse and refuse disposal.
- Waste minimization--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Waste minimization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (480 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The significant challenges associated with managing waste continues to attract international scholarly attention. This international handbook scrutinizes both developed and developing economies. It comprises original contributions from many of the most prominent scholars researching this topic. Consisting primarily of empirical research efforts - though theoretical underpinnings are also explored thoroughly - the Handbook serves to further the understanding of the behaviors of waste generators and waste processors and the array of policies influencing these behaviors.
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1. The history and future of municipal solid waste characterization: New York City and the study of fortunes in refuse; PART I BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS AND WASTE MANAGEMENT; 2. Is there a social norm to recycle?; 3. Household waste management: waste generation, recycling, and waste prevention; 4. Environmental volunteer activities in local waste management; 5. Household preferences for alternative trash and recycling services in small towns: is single stream the future of rural recycling?; PART II FRONTIERS IN WASTE MANAGEMENT RESEARCH
- 6. Does the NIMBY strategy really promote a self-interest?: evidence from England's waste management policy7. Industrial waste shipments and trade restrictions; 8. International aspects of waste management: the waste haven effect on global reuse; 9. An initiative towards curbing the usage of plastic bags in supermarkets: a case study in Chennai, India; 10. Waste management beyond the Italian north-south divide: spatial analyses of geographical, economic and institutional dimensions; PART III ADVANCES IN WASTE MANAGEMENT RESEARCH; 11. Waste management in the Netherlands
- 12. Do not miss the opportunity! When to introduce monetary incentives13. Optimal trade and recycling policies invertically related markets; 14. Factors in determining demand for reusable glass bottles; 15. Double asymmetry of information in a waste treatment contract; 16. Size and density economies in refuse collection; Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-85793-686-7
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