Household waste recycling: national survey evidence from Italy
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Household waste recycling: national survey evidence from Italy
The paper analyses the determinants of household recycling in Italy with particular emphasis on social behaviour. The econometric analysis is based on two waves 1998 and 2000 of the Multipurpose Household Survey conducted annually by the Italian Central Statistics Office. In Italy household recycling was substantially voluntary in the years from 1998 to 2000 with no monetary incentives or pecun...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0964-0568,1360-0559
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2012.709180