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21-Feb-2007
A broad OECD project has analysed the environmental effectiveness and economic efficiency of instrument mixes addressing selected environmental issues. In this connection, case studies of the instrument mixes addressing household waste have been prepared. This report discusses the preference given to incineration over landfilling in these two countries (and at the EU level), and points to a considerable overlap between the instruments applied in both countries.
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09-Jan-2007
Recycling markets are growing, but market failures and barriers are constraining some markets of secondary materials such as used oil, tyres and plastics. This report presents the case for the use of 'industrial' policies which address such market failures and barriers.
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The impact of unit-based collection charges
15-May-2006
This report explores the costs and benefits of systems for charging householders for waste. The study looks only at charges which vary with the amount and characteristics of the waste collected, referred to in the report as differential and variable rate, or DVR, charging systems. The study uses a cost-benefit approach to attempt to draw out whether the balance of effects of such systems is positive or negative.
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