The Impact of Pay-As-You-Throw Schemes on Municipal Solid Waste Management: The Exemplar Case of the County of Aschaffenburg, Germany

The Impact of Pay-As-You-Throw Schemes on Municipal Solid Waste Management: The Exemplar Case of the County of Aschaffenburg, Germany

The “pay-as-you-throw” (PAYT) scheme is an economic instrument for waste management that applies the “polluter pays” principle by charging the inhabitants of municipalities according to the amount of residual, organic, and bulky waste they send for third-party waste management. When combined with we...

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Main Authors: Juergen Morlok, Harald Schoenberger, David Styles, Jose-Luis Galvez-Martos, Barbara Zeschmar-Lahl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-02-01
Series:Resources
Subjects:
waste management
economic instruments
Pay-As-You-Throw
municipal solid waste
recycling
environmental management
awareness raising
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/6/1/8

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