Improving recycling markets
Markets for many classes of potentially recyclable materials are growing. However, market failures and barriers are constraining some markets. Factors such as information failures, technological externalities, and market power can affect the prices, quantity, and quality of materials traded. This re...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Paris :
OECD
2006.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009705064906719 |
| Summary: | Markets for many classes of potentially recyclable materials are growing. However, market failures and barriers are constraining some markets. Factors such as information failures, technological externalities, and market power can affect the prices, quantity, and quality of materials traded. This report presents the case for the use of 'industrial' policies which address such market failures and barriers and these policies are seen as complements to more traditional environmental policies. Indeed, encouraging ever-higher recycling rates in the absence of such complementary measures may impose very high social welfare costs. This publication covers in particular the markets for waste oils, waste plastics, and used rubber tyres. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (189 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781281747242 9786611747244 9789264029583 |
