Advertisement
Published in:
2007 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
A strategic policy model for promoting secondary materials use
Authors : Nur Indrianti, Shinobu Matsuoka, Masaaki Muraki
Published in: Quantified Eco-Efficiency
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Activate our intelligent search to find suitable subject content or patents.
Select sections of text to find matching patents with Artificial Intelligence. powered by
Select sections of text to find additional relevant content using AI-assisted search. powered by
This paper discusses problems associated with the development of a tax and subsidy policy to promote the use of secondary materials converted from industrial waste as a substitute for virgin materials. The main purpose of the study was to examine how a set of tax and subsidy levels modifies consumption and affects welfare. For this purpose, a static partial equilibrium model was developed, taking into account welfare effects in production and consumption under economic and ecological constraints. The results of the study indicate that a virgin materials tax combined with subsidies for waste converters could be an effective policy to promote the use of waste-based secondary materials.