Garbage, Recycling, and Economic Incentives

家庭垃圾的处理会带来资源和环境成本，但美国大多数居民仍然不支付每袋垃圾收集费。 全国各地的一些社区现在对每袋垃圾收取价格，但目前还不足以根据价格、家庭收入和人口变量来估计家庭对垃圾收集和回收的需求。 该项目的目的是收集必要的数据来统计估计家庭对垃圾收集和回收的需求。 新的数据集将在三年内收集近 200 个城市的数据。 这项研究将使市政官员能够更准确地预测因垃圾收集每袋收费的变化而导致的处置服务需求的变化。

The disposal of household garbage entails both resource and environmental costs, but most residents in the United States still pay no fee per bag for garbage collection. A few communities around the country now charge a price per bag, but not enough is known to estimate household demand for the collection and recycling of garbage as function of price, household income, and demographic variable. The purpose of this project is to collect the necessary data to estimate statistically the household demand for garbage collection and recycling. A new data set will be assembled from almost 200 cities covering a three year period. This research will allow municipal officials to more accurately predict the change in demand for disposal services that would result from a change in the price per bag charged for garbage collection.