Determinants of a throwaway society - A sustainable consumption issue |
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Authors: | John McCollough |
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Affiliation: | Penn State University, Lehigh Valley, 2809 Saucon Valley Rd., Center Valley, PA 18034-8447, United States |
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Abstract: | The purpose of this paper is to present a clearer understanding of how several key socio-economic variables impact municipal solid waste (MSW). Although the variables of interest arise from deeply entrenched micro-economic behaviors at the household level, the analysis can be extrapolated to the international level. Two of the variables, which are a time factor and a consumption discount rate, are empirically tested with an international dataset and have been found to be significant predictors of MSW per capita. |
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Keywords: | D Q |
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