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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Pay as You Throw Threshold Tariff: Evidence on the Incentive to Recycle
Contributor:
Rizzo, Leonzio;
Secomandi, Riccardo
Published:
Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2024
Published in:
The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 24 (2024) 2, Seite 361-395
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/bejeap-2022-0448
ISSN:
1935-1682
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
Abstract We study the impact of the introduction of a pay as you throw tariff in Ferrara which presented a low status-quo level of waste recycling. We find that it increased the waste recycling share by 40 % points and decreased the total waste per capita by 30 % points. Our dataset allows the split of the overall effect on waste recycling, finding that 63 % of recycling is due to organic material and 37 % to multimaterial (paper, glass, and plastic). This result suggests that packaging does not constitute the major waste recycling collection. Moreover, we find both an increase in waste recycling and a decrease in total waste, contrary to other case studies with a higher starting level of waste recycling. This leads to the important conclusion that pricing waste is effective in reducing pollution if the waste recycling level is sufficiently low.