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This chapter investigates waste policies that may affect individuals’ behaviour towards waste minimization and recycling. Both market base mechanisms, as unit-based pricing for unsorted waste, and technical policies, as adoption of curbside or drop-off systems are considered. The strength and weakness of each mechanism as drivers of people’s waste-related behaviours are highlighted.
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Notes
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Following Dahlén et al. (2007) regarding the phrase waste sorting, we intend household activities towards the separate disposal of waste materials .
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An accurate review of existing empirical studies that explore the impacts of unit pricing and curbside recycling policies on household recycling efforts is reported in Jenkins et al. (2003).
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In Italy , there are approximately 8000 municipalities as of 2017.
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‘Drop-off recycling is a recycling program where designated sites are established to collect a range of recyclables and usually recyclers themselves are required to deposit the sorted recyclables in specially marked containers’ (Sidique et al. 2010, p. 163).
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Chapter 3, pp. 41–47.
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See page 73.
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Gilli, M., Mancinelli, S., Nicolli, F. (2018). Waste Policies and Individual Behaviours. In: Household Waste Management. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97810-9_3
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