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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Extended Product Responsibility: An Economic Assessment of Alternative Policies
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| Autores: |
Palmer, Karen L.
Walls, Margaret
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| Data: |
2005-10-25
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| Ano: |
1999
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| Palavras-chave: |
Solid waste
Extended product responsibility
Recycling
Unit pricing
Environmental Economics and Policy
Q2
H2
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| Resumo: |
Extended Product Responsibility embodies the notion that agents along a product chain should share responsibility for the life-cycle environmental impacts of the product, including those associated with ultimate disposal. Extended Producer Responsibility is a narrower concept which places responsibility on producers and focuses primarily on post-consumer waste disposal. Manufacturer "take-back" requirements are the policy lever most often associated with Extended Producer Responsibility. In this paper, we discuss alternative incentive-based policies that are consistent with the objectives of Extended Product and Producer Responsibility. We argue that an upstream combined product tax and recycling subsidy (UCTS) is generally more cost-effective and imposes fewer transactions costs than the take-back approach. We also consider the strengths and weaknesses of a policy not targeted at producers: unit-based pricing of residential waste collection and disposal. We find that this option shows potential for achieving non-trivial reductions in solid waste. Widespread application in the U.S. of a $1.00 charge per 32-gallon bag could reduce total municipal solid waste disposed by approximately 13 percent per year.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
18493
http://purl.umn.edu/10830
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
Resources for the Future>Discussion Papers
Discussion Paper 99-12
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| Formato: |
14
application/pdf
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