The effectiveness of recycling policy options: Waste diversion or just diversions?

Waste Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 508-518

  Mueller, William ^a  

^a Waste Diversion Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; Recovery rates; Recycling; User fees; Waste management

Indexed keywords

CURBSIDE COLLECTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MATERIAL RECOVERY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RECOVERY RATE; RECYCLING PROGRAMS; USER FEE; WASTE GENERATION RATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RECYCLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY MAKING; RECYCLING; USER FEE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; RECYCLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ONTARIO; POLICY; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84875268886     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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