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Title: | The Effect of Door-to-Door on Separate Collection of Plastic Packaging: Evidence from Catalonia |
Author: | Bel i Queralt, Germà, 1963- Bühler, Joël |
Keywords: | Embalatges de plàstic Reciclatge de residus Catalunya Plastics in packaging Waste recycling Catalonia |
Issue Date: | 2024 |
Publisher: | Universitat de Barcelona. Facultat d'Economia i Empresa |
Series/Report no: | [WP E-IR24/10] |
Abstract: | In this article, we estimate the causal effect of the Door-to-Door waste collection policy on the separate collection of plastic waste in Catalonia. We use municipality-level data on the share of separately collected plastics and apply a Difference-in-Differences framework. We can demonstrate that Door-to-Door increased the share of separated plastics by around 75% compared to untreated units at the end of the sample period. Furthermore, our suggestive evidence indicates that there are no differences of Door-to-Door designs with source-separation of plastics from other recyclable waste components compared to those where plastics are collected with other materials and separated post-source. These findings highlight that Door-to-Door can be a highly effective measure to increase separate collection of plastics, a precondition for ambitious plastics recycling goals legislated by policy makers. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://www.ub.edu/irea/working_papers/2024/202410.pdf |
It is part of: | IREA – Working Papers, 2024, IR24/10 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/214424 |
Appears in Collections: | Documents de treball (Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública (IREA)) |
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