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Economics of Solid Waste Management: A Review

In: Strategies of Sustainable Solid Waste Management

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  • Muniyandi Balasubramanian

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Solid Waste Management is one of the importance environmental issues at many developing countries. There is a lack of studies on economic analysis of solid waste management in the many cities at the national and international level. Most of the Municipal Corporation or city management is the major responsibility for better waste management. However, the local governments has been allocated budget for solid waste management without analysing cost and benefit of solid waste. Although, waste management budget is focusing on collected waste but, uncollected waste has been creating a number of socio, economic and health issues. Therefore, this chapter has presents a details review on economics of solid waste management at the various developing and developed countries. The main policy implication of the paper is to emphasis on better understanding of economic importance of solid waste management to the local policy makers.

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  • Muniyandi Balasubramanian, 2021. "Economics of Solid Waste Management: A Review," Chapters, in: Hosam M. Saleh (ed.), Strategies of Sustainable Solid Waste Management, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:216722
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.95343
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    Keywords

    economics; solid waste; cost; recycling;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling

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