The Economics of Waste

• Main Author: Porter, Richard C.
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, D.C Routledge 2002; Taylor and Francis; Resources for the Future; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Abfallwirtschaft; Cities & Infrastructure (Urban Studies); Costs; Economic aspects; Economics; Environment & Economics; Environmental Economics; Factory and trade waste; Factory and trade waste > Economic aspects > United States; Pollution; Pollution > United States > Costs; Recycling; Recycling (Waste, etc.); Recycling > Economic aspects > United States; Refuse and refuge disposal; Refuse and refuse disposal; Refuse and refuse disposal > Economic aspects > United States; Theorie; United States; USA; fee; Deposit Refund System; High Level Nuclear Waste Repository; LLRW Disposal; disposal; advance; Curbside Pickup; Yucca Mountain; NPL Site; EPA Study; marginal; EPA 1995b; Host Fee; EPA 1991a; Marginal Social Cost; LLRW Facility; costs; social; EPA Estimate; collection; Illegal Disposal; trash; EPA Regulation; EPA Analysis; external; charges; Curbside Recycling; Trash Collection Charge; LLRW Disposal Site; Explicit Benefit Cost Analyses; Advance Disposal Fee; Tipping Fees; OTA; LLRW Disposal Facility; Mandatory Deposits

In this concise, engaging, and provocative work, Richard Porter introduces readers to the economic tools that can be applied to problems involved in handling a diverse range of waste products from business and households. Emphasizing the impossibility of achieving a zero-risk environment, Porter foc...