Extended producer responsibility for consumer waste: the gap between economic theory and implementation
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Evaluating the efficiency of European EPR systems using a stylized economic model reveals that the introduction of static collection targets creates a gap between theory and implementation, which leads to inefficient market outcomes and weak incentives for prevention and green product design.About:
This article is published in Waste Management & Research.The article was published on 2012-09-01 and is currently open access. It has received 39 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Extended producer responsibility & Waste disposal.read more
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Progress and challenges to the global waste management system
TL;DR: The study leads to the conclusion that the current, rather isolated efforts, in different systems for waste management, waste reduction and resource management are indeed not sufficient in a long term sustainability perspective.
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Battery pack recycling: Behaviour change interventions derived from an integrative theory of planned behaviour study
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the drivers and barriers to battery pack drop-off intention perceived by Belgian households using an integrative model based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour and found that on average perceived behavioural control and moral norms have the largest influence on the intention to drop off used battery packs as quickly as possible.
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The long and winding road to resource efficiency – An interdisciplinary perspective on extended producer responsibility
TL;DR: The main purpose of EPR is to create the bases for legitimizing the involvement if industry taking over the task of diverting waste from landfill as discussed by the authors, and this is the main demonstration of its success.
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Varieties of business models for post-consumer recycling in China
Xin Tong,Dongyan Tao,Reid Lifset +2 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used action research to evaluate the performance of emerging business models for post-consumer recycling in urban China in recent years and identified three categories of emerging models: (1) community-based programs targeting the garbage sorting behavior of consumers for all household waste, (2) reverse logistic systems with automatic vending machines attached to traditional commercial chains, and (3) pure internet solutions to bridge the transactions between the consumers and recyclers.
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Factors influencing willingness to accept different waste management policies: empirical evidence from the European Union
TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of individual and socio-demographic characteristics (age, gender, education level and occupational status), contextual variables (rural or urban, country of origin) and the environmental awareness of 23,976 individuals are considered.
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Policies for Green Design
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