Does weight-based pricing for municipal waste collection contribute to waste reduction? A dynamic panel analysis in Flanders

The impact of prices and pricing units on residual and organic waste: Evidence from Wallonia, Belgium

“…Dijkgraaf and Gradus (2004), De jaeger and Eyckmans (2015) found a significant effect for the introduction of weight-based pricing on the quantities of residual waste. Sasao et al (2021) show that the continuous participation of weight-based pricing significantly reduces waste by almost 10.4 %. Park and Lah (2015) found that volume-based waste fees had a positive influence on recycling rates.…”