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Modeling the Costs and Environmental Benefits of Disposal Options for End-of-Life Electronic Equipment: The Case of Used Computer Monitors

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Palmer, Karen () (Resources for the Future)
Macauley, Molly () (Resources for the Future)
Shih, Jhih-Shyang () (Resources for the Future)
Cline, Sarah
Holsinger, Heather

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Managing the growing quantity of used electronic equipment poses challenges for waste management officials. In this paper, we focus on a large component of the electronic waste stream—computer monitors—and the disposal concerns associated with the lead embodied in cathode ray tubes (CRTs) used in most monitors. We develop a policy simulation model of consumers’ disposal options based on the costs of these options and their associated environmental impacts. For the stock of monitors disposed of in the United States in 1998, our preliminary findings suggest that bans on some disposal options would increase disposal costs from about $1 per monitor to between $3 and $20 per monitor. Policies to promote a modest amount of recycling of monitor parts, including lead, can be less expensive. In both cases, the costs of the policies exceed the value of the avoided health effects of CRT disposal.

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Keywords: end-of-life electronics; waste stream; cost-benefit analysis;

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Q2 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation
Q0 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General
H8 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues

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