Environmental Law & Economics: Recycling waste - what is the principled nature of recycling?

Radovan Kazda
Environmental Policy Analyst
Conservative Institute of M. R. Stefanik
radovankazda[at]institute.sk

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Recycling waste - what is the principled nature of recycling?

By Radovan Kazda, blog.sme.sk (link)
Recycling amends the law - organic landfill is considered harmful to the environment, which produce negative externalities ("social costs"). Government says that this is harmful to the "society" and it is therefore necessary to remove it. The result? The destruction of the free market, and creating an unnatural market.

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