A comparison of public policies for lead recycling

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Price-based policies are more effective in increasing lead recovery from automobile batteries. This was gleaned from a comparison of policies that encourage recycling, especially their cost-effectiveness in reducing waste disposal costs. The elasticities for primary and secondary lead supply and demand of four lead recycling programs are estimated. These are taxes on the use of virgin materials, deposit/refund programs, subsidies for the production of recycled materials and recycled content standards. Results revealed significant differences among these four programs in terms of efficiency.

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Midnight dumping: public policies and illegal disposal of used oil

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A study of the determinants of illegal disposals showed that used oil disposal is governed by the cost of legal waste management options and well as the threat of enforcement. The waste management options for used oil was shown to be sensitive to the salvage value of oil as well as the incentives for recycling. Higher costs of legal management options causes the substitution of illegal dumping, increasing the cost of environmental management for policymakers.

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Can downstream waste disposal policies encourage upstream 'design for environment?'

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Links between disposal fees and other downstream policies on production design and other upstream issues are examined in detail.

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