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Household Responses to Price Incentives for Recycling: Some Further Evidence

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  • Seonghoon Hong
  • Richard M. Adams

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This paper investigates the role of waste disposal service fees and household characteristics 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.

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  • Seonghoon Hong & Richard M. Adams, 1999. "Household Responses to Price Incentives for Recycling: Some Further Evidence," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 75(4), pages 505-514.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:landec:v:75:y:1999:i:4:p:505-514
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    • Q20 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - General

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