Recycling and Waste 
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Paper Grocery Bags Require More Energy Than Plastic Bags
Paper vs. plastic debate shows how good environmental intentions coupled with bad information lead us astray
April 17, 2008Recycling Law Needs to be Thrown Out
California's plastic bag bill
August 24, 2006"Pay-as-you-throw" Waste Management
Answers to frequently asked questions
July 1, 2002Variable-Rate or Pay-as-you-throw Waste Management
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
July 1, 2002Future of Waste Technology
Market forces drive changes
February 7, 2001Industrial Ecology on the Horizon
The search for waste reductions
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- "Pay-as-you-throw" Waste Management
Answers to frequently asked questions
Lisa Skumatz
July 1, 2002 - Variable-Rate or Pay-as-you-throw Waste Management
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
Lisa Skumatz
July 1, 2002 - Privatizing Landfills
Market Solutions for Solid-waste Disposal
Geoffrey Segal and Adrian Moore
May 1, 2000 - Packaging, Recycling, and Solid Waste
Lynn Scarlett
June 1, 1997 - Nationwide Diversion Rate Study
Quantitative Effects of Program Choices on Recycling and Green Waste Diversion
Lisa Skumatz
October 1, 1996 - Solid Waste Management
A Guide for Competitive Contracting for Collection
Lynn Scarlett and Joe Sloan
September 1, 1996 - How Government Building Codes and Construction Standards Discourage Recycling
Alexander Volokh
March 1, 1996 - The FDA vs. Recycling
Has Food Packaging Law Gone Too Far?
Alexander Volokh
October 1, 1995 - Recycling Hazardous Waste
How RCRA has Recyclers Running Around in CERCLAS
Alexander Volokh
October 1, 1995 - Solid Waste Recycling Costs
Issues and Answers
Lynn Scarlett
August 1, 1995 - Redesigning CERCLA Liability
An Analysis of the Issues
Kathleen Segerson
April 1, 1995 - Garbage by the Pound
On the Streets
Lisa Skumatz
February 1, 1995 - Solid-Waste Management
A Guide to Competitive Contracting For Collection
Lynn Scarlett and Joe Sloan
October 1, 1994 - Variable Rates for Municipal Solid Waste
Implementation, Experience, Economics, and Legislation
Lisa Skumatz
June 1, 1993 - Mandates or Incentives?
Comparing Packaging Regulations with User Fees for Trash Collection
Lynn Scarlett
May 1, 1993 - Too Little Too Late? Host Community Benefits and Siting Solid Waste Facilities
Rodney Fort and Lynn Scarlett
April 1, 1993 - Do We Need a Federal Garbage Man?
Kenneth Chilton
March 1, 1992 - Integrated Waste Management
Rethinking Solid Waste Problems and Policy Options
Lynn Scarlett
May 1, 1991 - Managing America's Garbage
Alternatives and Solutions (Working Paper)
Lynn Scarlett
September 1, 1989
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