Why Do We Recycle? : Markets, Values, and Public Policy.

The earnest warnings of an impending "solid waste crisis" that permeated the 1980s provided the impetus for the widespread adoption of municipal recycling programs, and since that time America has witnessed a remarkable rise in public participation in recycling activities. Recently, howeve...

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Main Author: Ackerman, Frank
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Language:English
Published: Washington DC : Island Press, 1996.
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505 0 |a ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Beyond the Trash Can""; ""Getting the Prices Wrong""; ""More Than the Market""; ""A Truck Is a Terrible Thing to Waste""; ""Drink Boxes, Styrofoam, and PVC""; ""The Dot Heard Around the World""; ""Bottle Bills, Litter, and the Cost of Convenience""; ""Organic Waste and the Virtue of Inaction""; ""The Hidden Utility""; ""Material Use and Sustainable Affluence""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" 
520 |a The earnest warnings of an impending "solid waste crisis" that permeated the 1980s provided the impetus for the widespread adoption of municipal recycling programs, and since that time America has witnessed a remarkable rise in public participation in recycling activities. Recently, however, a backlash against these programs has developed. A vocal group of "anti-recyclers" has appeared, arguing that recycling is not an economically efficient strategy for addressing waste management problems. In Why Do We Recycle? Frank Ackerman examines the arguments for and against recycling, focusing on the debate surrounding the use of economic mechanisms to determine the value of recycling. Based on previously unpublished research, Ackerman presents an alternative view of the theory of market incentives, challenging the notion that setting appropriate prices and allowing unfettered competition will result in the most efficient level of recycling. Among the topics he considers are: externality issues, the landfill crisis and disposal facility siting, container deposit legislation, environmental issues that fall outside of market theory, costs and benefits of municipal recycling programs, life-cycle analysis and packaging policy, the impacts of production in extractive and manufacturing industries, composting and organic waste management, economics of conservation, and material use and long-term sustainability. Ackerman explains why purely economic approaches to recycling are incomplete and argues for a different kind of decisionmaking, one that addresses social issues, future as well as present resource needs, and non-economic values that cannot be translated into dollars and cents. Backed by empirical data and replete with specific examples, the book offers valuable guidance for planners and policymakers as well as an accessible introduction to the subject for students and citizens interested in the social, economic, and ethical underpinnings of recycling efforts. 
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