Economic analysis of the composition of household solid wastes |
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| Authors: | Robert A Richardson Joseph Havlicek |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Agricultural Economics, University of New England, Armidale, Australia;Department of Agricultural Economics and Department of Statistics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA |
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| Abstract: | An analysis of economic and social factors affecting the quantity and composition of household solid wastes is reported in this paper. The weekly per capita and per household quantities of eleven selected household solid waste components are analyzed using regression equations. Household income, household size, and the age structure of the population are the major variables affecting the quantities of these components. The results indicate that if all glass, metals, plastics, newspaper, other paper, and textiles were recovered, then about 53% by weight of the summer household solid waste load would be usable resources. |
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