| Title |
Has Incineration Replaced Recycling? Evidence from OECD Countries |
| ID_Doc |
24686 |
| Authors |
Kinnaman, TC; Yamamoto, M |
| Title |
Has Incineration Replaced Recycling? Evidence from OECD Countries |
| Year |
2023 |
| Published |
Sustainability, 15, 4 |
| DOI |
10.3390/su15043234 |
| Abstract |
Despite public efforts to promote recycling, recycling rates in OECD countries with mature recycling programs in 2000 have largely stagnated over the past 20 years. Could the rapid growth in incineration have played a role in suppressing the growth in recycling? This paper introduces a model to understand the relationship (possibly positive or negative) between incineration and recycling. A cursory examination of the data within individual countries appears to support the model by demonstrating both a positive and negative relationship. An econometric model that estimates incineration has a negative but statistically insignificant effect on recycling rates. This result contrasts with the previous literature which found a negative and statistically significant negative relationship between incineration and recycling. |
| Author Keywords |
solid waste; recycling; incineration; waste management policy; circular economy |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000941387400001 |
| WoS Category |
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies |
| Research Area |
Science & Technology - Other Topics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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