An economic analysis of the Packaging waste Recovery Note System in the UK

Matsueda, Norimichi; Nagase, Yoko

doi:10.1016/j.reseneeco.2012.06.001

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“…Important interactions with other policy instruments also need to be addressed. For instance, Matsueda and Nagase [63] show, in the context of the UK scheme, that introducing a tradable recycling credit scheme together with a higher tax at the landfill could in fact raises the amount of landfill waste.…”

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Policy Instruments towards a Sustainable Waste Management

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Abstract:The aim of this paper is to suggest and discuss policy instruments that could lead towards a more sustainable waste management. The paper is based on evaluations from a large scale multi-disciplinary Swedish research program. The evaluations focus on environmental and economic impacts as well as social acceptance. The focus is on the Swedish waste management system but the results should be relevant also for other countries. Through the assessments and lessons learned during the research program we conclude that several policy instruments can be effective and possible to implement. Particularly, we put forward the following policy instruments: "Information"; "Compulsory recycling of recyclable materials"; "Weight-based waste fee in combination OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2013, 5 842 with information and developed recycling systems"; "Mandatory labeling of products containing hazardous chemicals", "Advertisements on request only and other waste minimization measures"; and "Differentiated VAT and subsidies for some services". Compulsory recycling of recyclable materials is the policy instrument that has the largest potential for decreasing the environmental impacts with the configurations studied here. The effects of the other policy instruments studied may be more limited and they typically need to be implemented in combination in order to have more significant impacts. Furthermore, policy makers need to take into account market and international aspects when implementing new instruments. In the more long term perspective, the above set of policy instruments may also need to be complemented with more transformational policy instruments that can significantly decrease the generation of waste.

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“…They could perform the recycling themselves or they could purchase credits from others who have recycled more than their own obligation. A similar system exists in the UK since 1997, and it is known as the Packaging Recovery Notes (PRN) [62,63].…”

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“…However, this model can also be used to illustrate the mechanism behind a counter‐intuitive proposition derived by Matsueda and Nagase (). They show that an increase in the landfill tax rate could result in an increase in landfill waste if the landfill tax is implemented along with a mandatory recycling target.…”

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“…In other words, an increase in the waste management costs due to a higher landfill tax results in increased sorting activities and design efforts together with reduced consumption of the good. 15 However, this model can also be used to illustrate the mechanism behind a counter-intuitive proposition derived by Matsueda and Nagase (2012). They show that an increase in the landfill tax rate could result in an increase in landfill waste if the landfill tax is implemented along with a mandatory recycling target.…”

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Waste management regulation: policy solutions and policy shortcomings

Berger

Nagase

2017

Scottish J Political Eco

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A model of packaging waste management is presented to explore the policy options available to governments to implement waste regulation in light of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). Our model endogenizes the packaging design as an additional determinant for the overall amount of waste jointly with consumers’ sorting effort and producers’ output decisions. The model shows that the policies that yield the first‐best allocation may not find public support. Furthermore, if the set of available policy instruments is limited, production and consumption of the good is likely to settle on a sub‐optimal level even though the optimal allocation may be achievable. Finally, the model demonstrates that a landfill tax may actually increase landfill waste in the presence of tradable credits for recycling activities. The results shed light on some shortcomings of existing regulatory schemes such as the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations of the UK.

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“…At the end of each regulatory period, each UK product manufacturer must hold enough PRNs for the regulated materials used for packaging to comply with the recycled content target. In the UK scheme, one unit of PRN has corresponded to 1 ton of a material recycled (e.g., Matsueda and Nagase 2012). 12 The adoption of a minimum recycled-content target at Q S1 implies that the supply curve for primary materials must shift to the right by the same amount, i.e., from S V0 to S V1 .…”

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Metal markets and recycling policies: impacts and challenges

Söderholm

Ekvall

2019

Miner Econ

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An increased understanding of the existing markets for recycled (secondary) metals, including interactions with virgin material production, is essential for public decision-making processes concerning the implementation and evaluation of different categories of recycling policies. In this paper, we review the existing literature with the purpose of discussing (1) the impacts of various recycling policies on metal markets in which aggregate demand can be met by both primary and secondary production, and (2) a number of challenges that policy-makers need to confront in choosing between various types of recycling policies and policy designs. A simple partial equilibrium model is used as a pedagogical tool for shedding light on the impacts of tradable recycling credits, virgin material taxes, and recycling subsidies. In a second step, the paper identifies and discusses a few key challenges that policy-makers will need to address in recycling policy-making. These challenges include improving the functioning of secondary material markets by addressing various non-environmental market inefficiencies; identifying and designing (secondbest) policy mixes due to the presence of incomplete monitoring and enforcement of waste disposal behavior, and regulating environmental impacts through price-or quantity-based policies. Throughout the analysis, we consult the empirical literature on the functioning of scrap metal markets (e.g., steel, copper, and aluminum).

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An economic analysis of the Packaging waste Recovery Note System in the UK

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Policy Instruments towards a Sustainable Waste Management

Policy Instruments towards a Sustainable Waste Management

Waste management regulation: policy solutions and policy shortcomings

Metal markets and recycling policies: impacts and challenges

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