The European and local legislation imposes demanding targets for the reduction of biodegradable municipal waste sent to landfill. Recycling is very much at the heart of activities needed to meet these targets and therefore the Northern Ireland’s Waste Management Strategy has also set out targets for recycling and composting. However, given the gulf between existing recycling rates and the targets set out even for two years down the line, a major change in household behaviour will be required for Northern Ireland to meet the targets for recycling and, more importantly from both a fiscal and environmental point of view, those for waste sent to landfill. This paper investigates the determinants of household waste recycling in Northern Ireland between 2003 and 2006. Some of the results are in line with those reported in the recent literature, but not all of them – and some noteworthy policy implications stem from our findings.
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Paper provided by Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland in its series Selected Research Papers ERINI with number
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