Andrew Abbott
The displacement effect of convenience: The case of recycling
Abbott, Andrew; Nandeibam, Shasikanta; O'Shea, Lucy
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Shasikanta Nandeibam
Lucy O'Shea
Abstract
© 2017 Elsevier B.V. In light of increasingly ambitious recycling targets it is important to analyse the potential displacement effect of improving access to kerbside provision on other forms of recycling. Do households view the different modes of recycling as substitutes or complements of each other? Does this perceived relationship depend on the type of material recycled? Using data for all of the UK's local governments from 2004Q2 to 2013Q3 we analyse the nature of the relationship between the two main channels of recycling. In the case of dry recycling, the empirical findings are ambiguous on the tradeoff between kerbside and non-kerbside recycling. On the one hand, the findings suggest that there is no trade-off when considering the effect of expanding kerbside provision. On the other hand, the findings also suggest that there is a trade-off when we focus on the effect of expanding nonkerbside provision. However, putting together the empirical findings with theory (in particular, the symmetry property of the Hicksian substitution effect) suggests that there is a trade-off irrespective of whether we consider expansion of kerbside or non-kerbside provision. In the case of green (compost) recycling the empirical findings on their own or together with theory unambiguously suggest that there is a trade-off.
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Abbott, A., Nandeibam, S., & O'Shea, L. (2017). The displacement effect of convenience: The case of recycling. Ecological economics : the journal of the International Society for Ecological Economics, 136, 159-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.01.020
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jan 28, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Feb 24, 2017 |
Publication Date | Jun 1, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Mar 12, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 12, 2019 |
Journal | Ecological Economics |
Print ISSN | 0921-8009 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 136 |
Pages | 159-168 |
Series ISSN | 0921-8009 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.01.020 |
Keywords | Recycling; Substitutability; Gross substitutability; Waste policy |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/553275 |
Publisher URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800916301896?via%3Dihub |
Related Public URLs | https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/publications/the-displacement-effect-of-convenience-the-case-of-recycling |
Contract Date | Mar 12, 2019 |
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