Plastic Materials and Environmental Externalities: Structural Causes and Corrective Policy

dc.contributor.authorFlores, Mario C.
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-06T17:07:24Z
dc.date.available2010-05-06T17:07:24Z
dc.date.issued2008-06
dc.description.abstractSeveral negative externalities arising from the consumption and disposal of plastics materials are described. Such externalities include the aesthetic damage created by landfills containing plastic waste, the impact to marine life of plastic residuals, the hazardous emissions of plastic incineration, and the economic inefficiencies created by the difficulty of plastic reutilization from recycling. The fundamental causes for the presence of these externalities are explored, including the lack of incentives in present legislation for the development of a recycling infrastructure and fluctuating market conditions for recycled input materials. A corrective policy is then presented which aims to internalize the costs of recycling and to promote R&D activities into the development of efficient, low-contaminant recycling facilities in the US.en
dc.identifier.issn1718-8482
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/1215
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherLethbridge Undergraduate Research Journalen
dc.publisher.facultyGeorgia Institute of Technologyen
dc.publisher.institutionGeorgia Institute of Technologyen
dc.subjectPlastics -- Recyclingen
dc.titlePlastic Materials and Environmental Externalities: Structural Causes and Corrective Policyen
dc.typeArticleen
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