The Waste Market Institutional Developments in Europe /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dijkgraaf, E. (Editor), Gradus, R.H.J.M (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Subjects: Environment.; Environmental management.; Waste management.; Econometrics.; Industrial organization.; Environmental economics.; Economics.; Industrial Organization.; Waste Management/Waste Technology.; Environmental Economics.; Environment, general.; Environmental Management.

Since 1960, the importance of the waste sector has increased substantially in many EU countries from an economic and environmental viewpoint, yet not much literature is readily available on the topic. Key questions answered in this book are whether the use of market oriented methods and organization...

Table of Contents:

• Cost Savings of Contracting Out Refuse Collection in The Netherlands
• Contracting Out Refuse Collection in The Netherlands
• Contracting Out in Sweden: Ownership and Production Costs
• Does Public Ownership Impair Efficiency in Norwegian Refuse Collection?
• Refuse Collection in Spain: Privatization, Intermunicipal Cooperation, and Concentration
• How to Get Increasing Competition in the Dutch Refuse Collection Market?
• Dutch Cost Savings in Unit-Based Pricing of Household Waste
• Assessing Instruments for Mixed Household Solid Waste Collection Services in Flanders
• Final Comments and Future Research.