Németh, Márton (2023) Can we bag it better? - What institutional design approaches can be adopted to improve the efficiency of waste collection systems? Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
Every day we create waste. Our food, and basically any product we consume, comes in some sort of packaging that we get rid of after we have opened it and used it. This uses up a lot of raw materials we are slowly running out of. (UNEP, 2019) It is essential to rethink the way we dispose of our waste, and therefore this thesis focuses on the research topic of examining the institutional frameworks that shape waste management practices worldwide. In some cities, plastic is collected together with organic and metallic waste; there are only separate collection bins for paper and glass. Once the garbage is collected, it is transported to waste management facilities, where they sort out the plastic and metal from the rest. In some other cities, however, they take a different approach; there, the recyclables are collected separately in dedicated bins, and their collection happens at a different time. This research will investigate the methods of recyclable waste collection from an institutional design point of view. Which regulation leads to a better result: processing the waste in waste management centres or leaving it up to the citizens to sort their rubbish?
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Spatial Planning and Design |
| Supervisor: | Busscher, T. |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Aug 2023 09:58 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Aug 2023 09:58 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4316 |
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