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Environmental policies have long been discussed around the world. Among environmental problems, the disposal and recycling of wastes is as severe a problem as global warming. It is expected that waste related difficulties will be resolved quickly. Particularly, an explosive increase in waste caused by population growth in economically developing countries has become severe. Waste problems in economically developing countries exhibit the following key features in comparison with those in economically developed countries: (1) waste collection services are insufficient, (2) recovery of resources (recycling) is done almost entirely by the informal sector, and (3) environmental pollution has been generated in landfills.
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See Chap. 3 for details of Harris and Todaro model.
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See Fukuyama [6] for details of this model.
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We assume that the resources recycled by the recycling sector and the resources recycled by the informal sector are of the same quality for simplicity of analysis. “Recycling” in this chapter denotes the process of taking out the valuable resources of the wastes. We assume that the process of processing the valuable resources and of producing the product is done by the industrial sector.
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See Fukuyama [7] for details of this model.
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Fukuyama, H. (2016). Recycling Activities and Unemployment in Economically Developing Countries. In: Naito, T. (eds) Sustainable Growth and Development in a Regional Economy. New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives, vol 13. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55294-9_14
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