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The Effect of Door-to-Door on Separate Collection of Plastic Packaging: Evidence from Catalonia

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  • Germà Bel

    (Department of Econometrics, Statistics and Applied Economics (Public Policy Section) and GiM-IREA, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.)

  • Joël Bühler

    (Department of Econometrics, Statistics and Applied Economics (Public Policy Section) and GiM-IREA, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.)

Abstract

In this article, we estimate the causal effect of the Door-to-Door waste collection policy on the separate collection of plastic waste in Catalonia. We use municipality-level data on the share of separately collected plastics and apply a Difference-in-Differences framework. We can demonstrate that Door-to-Door increased the share of separated plastics by around 75% compared to untreated units at the end of the sample period. Furthermore, our suggestive evidence indicates that there are no differences of Door-to-Door designs with source-separation of plastics from other recyclable waste components compared to those where plastics are collected with other materials and separated post-source. These findings highlight that Door-to-Door can be a highly effective measure to increase separate collection of plastics, a precondition for ambitious plastics recycling goals legislated by policy makers.

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  • Germà Bel & Joël Bühler, 2024. "The Effect of Door-to-Door on Separate Collection of Plastic Packaging: Evidence from Catalonia," IREA Working Papers 202410, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Feb 2024.
    • Handle: RePEc:ira:wpaper:202410
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    Keywords

    Plastic waste; Door-to-Door; Recycling; Catalonia. JEL classification: K23; L65; Q53.;
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    JEL classification:

    • K23 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Regulated Industries and Administrative Law
    • L65 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - Chemicals; Rubber; Drugs; Biotechnology; Plastics

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