Cost savings in unit-based pricing of household waste. The case of the Netherlands

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 353-371

  Dijkgraaf, E ^a   Gradus, R H J M ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b OCFEB   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental activism; Municipal waste management; Unit based pricing systems

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEES AND CHARGES; MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING; RECLAMATION; REFUSE COLLECTION;

UNIT-BASED PRICING SYSTEMS; WASTE COLLECTION;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DOMESTIC WASTE; PRICING POLICY; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 10444242592     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2004.01.001     Document Type: Review

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