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- Title
Household responses to price incentives for recycling: Some further evidence.
- Authors
Seonghoon Hong; Adams, Richard M.
- Abstract
This paper investigates the role of waste disposal service fees and household characteristic's in determining recycling rates and waste generation. Using individual household data from Portland, Oregon, we model a multistage household decision process regarding waste generation and recycling effort under a block pricing system, including the choice of container size and reduced-form demand equations for recyclables, non-recyclables, and recycling rate. The choice of container size is not affected by the price of waste disposal services, but within a given container size, households respond to a price increase by increasing recycling to avoid charges for waste generation above contracted volumes.
- Subjects
OHIO; PORTLAND (Ohio); UNITED States; WASTE recycling; HOUSEHOLD sanitation; CONSERVATION of natural resources; WASTE management; WASTE products; HOUSEHOLDS; SANITATION
- Publication
Land Economics, 1999, Vol 75, Issue 4, p505
- ISSN
0023-7639
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/3147062