Does industrial waste taxation contribute to reduction of landfilled waste? Dynamic panel analysis considering industrial waste category in Japan

Measuring the waste footprint of cities in Japan: an interregional waste input–output analysis

“…In Japan, the decision of whether or not to impose such landfill taxes would be up to individual prefectures. Previous studies on landfill taxes in Japan mainly evaluated the effectiveness of those taxes on waste reduction in each prefecture (Kurasaka 2003;Nagasaki 2003;Fujioka and Hagihara 2007;Sasao 2014). In this study, we were able to quantitatively demonstrate that Tokyo depends, both directly and indirectly, on other regions for waste transportation and waste treatment.…”

A Spatial Dynamic Model for Export Intensity of Hazardous Industrial Waste: The Incentive Effect of Regional Environmental Policies

“…The literature also shows the need to take a dynamic approach to environmental topics, given that the behaviour of polluting agents tends to persist over time, as demonstrated by Sasao (2014a) on waste, and Zhang et al (2017) on emissions. Also in the context of industrial waste flows, we can expect dynamic behaviour, given that the availability of treatment plants and the technology required to introduce value recovery processes demand considerable investment effort, and this usually also takes time.…”

Stepwise Investment in Circular Plastics Under the Presence of Policy Uncertainty

“…2018 ; Qi et al. 2016 ), Japan, with well-developed waste management practices (Sasao 2014 ), and the European Union (EU). For this study, our primary focus will lie on circularity of plastics in the EU, mainly set out by the European Commission’s (EC) Plastics Strategy (EC 2018 ).…”