International Comparison on waste management policy for illegal dumping

NIMBY(不在我的后院)是一个用来描述人类行为的词，即一个人在一个问题上达成一致，但当它发生在他自己的后院时拒绝接受它。这项研究分析了这类NIMBY活动，并利用英国废物管理政策中的证据确定，NIMBY的决定不一定是个人私利的结果。如果人们不同意在自家后院修建讨厌的设施，例如垃圾和可回收物品的场地，结果是非法倾倒的情况增加，而不是在官方设施合法和适当地处置废物。

NIMBY （not in my backyard) is the word used to describe the human behavior whereby a person agrees on an issue but refuses to accept it when it happens ‘in his own back yard’. This research analyzes this type of NIMBY activity and, using evidence from England’s waste management policy, determines that NIMBY decisions are not necessarily the result of personal self-interest. If people disagree with building a nuisance facility, such as a site for waste and recyclables, in their own backyard, the result is an increase in illegal dumping rather than the legal and proper disposal of waste materials at an official facility.