Overview
- Offers an insightful look into the waste collection markets from a European perspective
- Provides an In-depth analysis of the waste market in Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and Sweden
- Comparison of all available production modes (privatization, public firms, cooperation, municipal collection, contracting-out) and their effectiveness
- First book comparing different types of variable charging systems
- References to all available literature
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"This specialized work on the topic of solid waste collection management in five European countries consists of eight substantive chapters: four on Holland and one each on Sweden, Norway, Spain, and Belgium. … for those concerned with the efficiency of municipal operations … this work, edited by academicians from the Netherlands, is a valuable resource containing much food for thought. Summing Up: Recommended. Comprehensive graduate, research, and professional collections." (J. Prager, Choice, Vol. 46 (11), July, 2009)
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Book Title: The Waste Market
Book Subtitle: Institutional Developments in Europe
Editors: E. Dijkgraaf, R.H.J.M. Gradus
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8711-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8710-3Published: 12 August 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7963-3Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8711-0Published: 25 July 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 160
Topics: Industrial Organization, Waste Management/Waste Technology, Environmental Economics, Environment, general, Environmental Management, Econometrics