Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Economics and waste : an introduction
  • pt. 1. Solid waste creation, collection, and disposal. Business waste
  • Household waste collection
  • Solid waste landfills
  • Incineration of solid waste
  • Illegal disposal and litter
  • Exporting and importing waste
  • pt. 2. Recycling solid waste products. Market failure in recycling
  • Economics of recycling
  • Policies for recycling
  • Logistics of recycling
  • Markets for recycling
  • Yard waste and composting
  • pt. 3. Special waste categories. Hazardous waste
  • Superfund
  • Radioactive waste
  • pt. 4. Final thoughts. What have we learned?