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Managing Household Waste in Ireland: Behavioural Parameters and Policy Options. ESRI WP295. May 2009

Curtis, John and Lyons, Sean and O'Callaghan-Platt, Abigail (2009) Managing Household Waste in Ireland: Behavioural Parameters and Policy Options. ESRI WP295. May 2009. [Working Paper]

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    Abstract

    Ireland has signed up to ambitious targets for diverting municipal solid waste from landfill. These targets are likely to be very difficult to meet without substantial changes to the way household waste is collected and managed. Data on household waste management behaviour in Ireland is scarce, and policymaking could benefit from improved data and market analysis. In this paper we use data from the EPA and CSO to estimate econometric models of household waste collection in Ireland, providing national estimates of income elasticities of demand, price elasticities where unit charges are in place, effects of imposing weight-based charging and effects of other important changes to service characteristics. These results are then used in a simulation model to illustrate the likely effects of some current policy options.

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    Item Type: Working Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > environmental policy (including international arena)
    Countries > Ireland
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin > ESRI Working Papers
    Depositing User: Alyssa McDonald
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 11 Jul 2017 14:17
    Number of Pages: 37
    Last Modified: 11 Jul 2017 14:17
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/87838

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