Household Willingness to Pay for Dropoff Recycling
Increased landfilling costs and state-mandated reductions in municipal solid waste (MSW) disposal have combined to increase interest in recycling as an MSW management option. Most benefit-cost analyses, however, focus solely on urban curbside recycling programs and/or fail to include the benefits wh...
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Western Agricultural Economics Association
1997-12-01
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| author | Kelly Tiller Paul M. Jakus William M. Park |
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| description | Increased landfilling costs and state-mandated reductions in municipal solid waste (MSW) disposal have combined to increase interest in recycling as an MSW management option. Most benefit-cost analyses, however, focus solely on urban curbside recycling programs and/or fail to include the benefits which accrue to households from the opportunity to recycle. This study focuses on the economic feasibility of dropoff recycling in rural areas, presenting estimates of household willingness to pay (WTP) for dropoff recycling in a rural/suburban area of Tennessee. Using contingent valuation, the most conservative mean household WTP is near $4.00 per household per month. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7095b80c73214bda9e4e92bb77b536de2022-12-21T18:44:19ZengWestern Agricultural Economics AssociationJournal of Agricultural and Resource Economics1068-55022327-82851997-12-0122231032010.22004/ag.econ.3084630846Household Willingness to Pay for Dropoff RecyclingKelly TillerPaul M. JakusWilliam M. ParkIncreased landfilling costs and state-mandated reductions in municipal solid waste (MSW) disposal have combined to increase interest in recycling as an MSW management option. Most benefit-cost analyses, however, focus solely on urban curbside recycling programs and/or fail to include the benefits which accrue to households from the opportunity to recycle. This study focuses on the economic feasibility of dropoff recycling in rural areas, presenting estimates of household willingness to pay (WTP) for dropoff recycling in a rural/suburban area of Tennessee. Using contingent valuation, the most conservative mean household WTP is near $4.00 per household per month.https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/30846contingent valuationdropoff recyclingrecyclingrural waste managementwillingness to pay |
| spellingShingle | Kelly Tiller Paul M. Jakus William M. Park Household Willingness to Pay for Dropoff Recycling Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics contingent valuation dropoff recycling recycling rural waste management willingness to pay |
| title | Household Willingness to Pay for Dropoff Recycling |
| title_full | Household Willingness to Pay for Dropoff Recycling |
| title_fullStr | Household Willingness to Pay for Dropoff Recycling |
| title_full_unstemmed | Household Willingness to Pay for Dropoff Recycling |
| title_short | Household Willingness to Pay for Dropoff Recycling |
| title_sort | household willingness to pay for dropoff recycling |
| topic | contingent valuation dropoff recycling recycling rural waste management willingness to pay |
| url | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/30846 |
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