Dutch cost savings in unit-based pricing of household waste

E. Dijkgraaf; R. H.J.M. Gradus

doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8711-0_8

Dutch cost savings in unit-based pricing of household waste

E. Dijkgraaf^*, R. H.J.M. Gradus

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We estimate the effects of four unit-based pricing systems on waste collected in Dutch municipalities. Unit-based pricing is shown to be effective in reducing unsorted and compostable waste and in stimulating recyclable waste. If the estimations are corrected for differences in environmental activism between municipalities the effects are still large but significantly lower. The bag-based and weight-based systems perform equally and far better compared with the frequency-based and volume-based systems. This is interesting, as administrative costs are significantly lower for the bag-based system. Finally, unit-based pricing has no effect on the amounts of waste collected in surrounding municipalities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Waste Market
Subtitle of host publication	Institutional Developments in Europe
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Pages	111-130
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Print)	9781402087103
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8711-0_8
Publication status	Published - 2008

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