An EU Recycling Target: What Does the Dutch Evidence Tell Us?
The European Union (EU) advocates a household waste recycling rate of more than 65 %. Although the Netherlands has already invested heavily in recycling policies, this is still a big challenge as nowadays this rate is approximately 50 % on average and very few no municipalities have a rate above 65 %. Given this practice, it is possible to learn from the Dutch experience which policies are effective in increasing recycling rates. Based on a large panel data set for the Netherlands, we show that unit-based pricing, avoiding a duo-bin for unsorted and compostable waste, and reducing the frequenc... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Dijkgraaf , E & Gradus , R H J M 2017 , ' An EU Recycling Target: What Does the Dutch Evidence Tell Us? ' , Environmental and Resource Economics , vol. 68 , no. 3 , 4 , pp. 501–526 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-016-0027-1 |
Schlagwörter: | /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production / name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26686288 |
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Link(s) : | https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/0c49f295-f11d-45cb-bf58-00d2baf5bb21 |
The European Union (EU) advocates a household waste recycling rate of more than 65 %. Although the Netherlands has already invested heavily in recycling policies, this is still a big challenge as nowadays this rate is approximately 50 % on average and very few no municipalities have a rate above 65 %. Given this practice, it is possible to learn from the Dutch experience which policies are effective in increasing recycling rates. Based on a large panel data set for the Netherlands, we show that unit-based pricing, avoiding a duo-bin for unsorted and compostable waste, and reducing the frequency of collecting unsorted and compostable waste at the curbside are effective in raising the recycling rate. However, only a bag-based pricing system has a substantial effect, but this policy can have some adverse effects. Other unit-based pricing systems have effects of less than 10 % points. In nearly all cases, changing the frequency of collection of recyclables has no or very small effects. Moreover, the complementarity between unit-based pricing and curbside service is low. Overall, it seems very difficult to reach the EU goal of 65 % with the policies applied.