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The Economics of Waste
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 338.4762840973
EAN: 9781891853432
ISBN: 1891853430
Label: RFF Press
Manufacturer: RFF Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2002-06
Publisher: RFF Press
Studio: RFF Press
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Editorial Review:In this concise, engaging, and at times provocative work, Richard Porter introduces readers to the economic tools that can be applied to problems involved in handling a diverse range of waste products from business and households. Emphasizing the impossibility of achieving a zero-risk environment, Porter focuses on the choices that apply in real world decisions about waste. Acknowledging that effective waste policy integrates knowledge from several disciplines, Porter focuses on the use of economic analysis to reveal the costs of different policies and therefore how much can be done to meet goals to protect human health and the environment. With abundant examples, he considers subjects such as landfills, incineration, and illegal disposal. He discusses the international trade in waste, the costs and benefits of recycling, and special topics such as hazardous materials, Superfund, and nuclear waste. While making clear his belief that not every form of waste presents the same amount of risk or should be taken with the same amount of seriousness, Porter stresses the need for open-minded approaches to developing new policies. For students, policymakers, and general readers, this book provides insight and accessibility to a subject that others might leave out-of-sight, out-of-mind, or buried under an impenetrable prose of statistics and jargon. "A comprehensive, careful, and interesting treatment." --Terry M. Dinan, Congressional Budget Office
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Rating: - From Trash to Treasure - The Economics of Waste
The Economics of Waste by Richard C Porter, Resources for the Future, Washington DC, ISBN 1-891853-43-0, paperback, 301 p.
At last! A book with a very trashy subject! Trash; rubbish, garbage or refuse, its anything we want to call it and its anything we place little or no value on. Seriously, though, in our current consumer dominated society its very pleasing to be able to find a book which is devoted to one of the most ubiquitous features of our urban landscape ... Read More
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