Policy Incentives for Waste Prevention, an Economic Approach to Design for Recycling

Policy Incentives for Waste Prevention, an Economic Approach to Design for Recycling

Introduction

This article is based on the waste recycling and redesign through office furniture, electronic equipments, kitchen and recycling of cars and goods. The structure of the article is depends upon the European Union waste policies, which restricts the direct disposal and also support recycling with the help of subsidies. The cases presented in the article by author shows that designs of recycling are helpful only when customers pay for the redesign, because there are less saving from disposal and recycling as comparison to the redesign investment of manufacturers. Further author have discussed the policy incentive results on the redesign by model of stimulation. Most effective policy incentive is deposit refund and redesign for the products of low price elasticity. Author has stated that the economies of solid waste are defined by the local governments of the areas. Local governments may have fabulous effects on the economics of their community through various policies like regulations, laws, fees, structure of rates and taxes. Local governments are challenged by the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 about to reorganize motivation in comparison for disposal with no return, and also to redesign reward system and to support rescue, waste avoidance, composition, and recycling. Author has also successfully described the designed incentive programs for the policy tools and economics to force the adoption of goals of public policy. Different policies are described in the article to appreciate those who have decrease the production of waste amount, recycle and redesign, or compose it. But these tools can increase the cost of those who continue to waste (Krozer & Doelman, 2004).

Discussion

Policies on recycling

Author has described that local government has moved towards cyclical systems from the linear systems. Local governments can take up the policies in a variety of instruments like contacts or franchises, ordinances, permits of solid waste facility, permits of use of land, general plans, regulations of zoning, and financial agreements. According to the author, local governments can also affect the market place economics as they are structured like franchise fees, garbage collection rates, facility taxes, and permit fees. Author has clearly described the incentives of recycling. Most powerful incentives are fee, cost or tax avoidance. Many of these tools can be used at lower cost. Different types of incentives are mentioned by the ...