Residual household waste: From pay-per-bag to pay-per-kilogram. An evaluation study for Flanders

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 330-339

  De Jaeger, Simon ^a,b  

^a HOGESCHOOL UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Difference in differences; Effectiveness; Household waste; Weight based pricing

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENCE-IN-DIFFERENCES; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; EVALUATION STUDY; FLANDERS; HISTORICAL OBSERVATION; HOUSEHOLD WASTE; IN-LINE; NEW SYSTEM; POLICY ACTIONS; POLICY MAKERS; POLLUTER-PAYS PRINCIPLE; PRICING SCHEME; PRICING SYSTEMS; WASTE PRODUCTION;

COSTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PRICE DYNAMICS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DOMESTIC WASTE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; STANDARDIZATION;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HOUSING; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC POLICY; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 77951163164     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X09351332     Document Type: Article

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