Reduce, reuse, redeem: Deposit-refund recycling programs in the presence of alternatives

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Californiaen
cg.contributor.affiliationMichigan State Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Illinoisen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.donorCalifornia Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle)en
cg.contributor.donorGiannini Foundationen
cg.coverage.countryUnited States
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2US
cg.coverage.regionAmericas
cg.creator.identifierCarly Trachtman: 0000-0001-8174-9547
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2023.108080en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit
cg.identifier.publicationRankA
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0921-8009en
cg.journalEcological Economicsen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformation
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversity
cg.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate actionen
cg.volume217en
dc.contributor.authorBerck, Peteren
dc.contributor.authorSears, Mollyen
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Rebecca L. C.en
dc.contributor.authorTrachtman, Carlyen
dc.contributor.authorVillas-Boas, Sofia B.en
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-06T20:38:48Zen
dc.date.available2024-03-06T20:38:48Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/139845
dc.titleReduce, reuse, redeem: Deposit-refund recycling programs in the presence of alternativesen
dcterms.abstractUnderstanding how consumers make recycling decisions is crucial in crafting sustainable recycling policies. We estimate consumer preferences and willingness to pay for current beverage container recycling methods, including curbside pick-up services, drop-off at government-subsidized recycling centers, and drop-off at non-subsidized centers. Using a representative online and telephone survey of California households, we estimate a revealed preference discrete choice model that identifies the key attributes explaining consumers’ beverage container disposal decisions, including the ability to receive a deposit refund (paid to consumers only if they recycle at drop-off centers) and the effort associated with bringing recyclable materials to recycling centers. Additionally, we use counterfactual policy analysis to show that increasing the refund amount increases overall household recycling rates. Infra–marginal households who are on the boundary between taking containers to recycling centers and recycling using curbside pick-up, namely white households and households with higher educational attainment, see the largest changes in consumer surplus generated by increasing refund payments. Conversely, we show that eliminating government-subsidized drop-off centers does not significantly alter consumer surplus for any major demographic group, and has little impact on whether a household chooses to recycle.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.available2023-12-21
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBerck, Peter; Sears, Molly; Taylor, Rebecca L. C.; Trachtman, Carly; and Villas-Boas, Sofia B. 2024. Reduce, reuse, redeem: Deposit-refund recycling programs in the presence of alternatives. Ecological Economics 217 (March 2024): 108080. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2023.108080en
dcterms.issued2024-03-01
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-4.0
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/9010en
dcterms.subjectconsumer attitudesen
dcterms.subjectrecyclingen
dcterms.subjectwillingness to payen
dcterms.subjectpoliciesen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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