2024-03-26 イリノイ大学アーバナ・シャンペーン校
＜関連情報＞
- https://aces.illinois.edu/news/curbside-collection-improves-organic-waste-composting-reduces-methane-emissions
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10640-023-00834-x
作れば堆肥になる？自治体の堆肥化サービスが家庭廃棄物処理と埋立地排出に及ぼす影響 If You Build It, Will They Compost? The Effects of Municipal Composting Services on Household Waste Disposal and Landfill Emissions
Lihini De Silva &Rebecca L. C. Taylor
Environmental and Resource Economics Published:24 January 2024
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-023-00834-x
Abstract
Composting food and garden waste generates less methane emissions than landfills, yet most organic waste is landfilled. This paper examines how local government provision of composting services affects the amount of household waste going to landfills. Using quasi-random adoption of curbside organics collection by local councils in Australia, we find that curbside organics collection diverted one-fourth of household waste from landfill to composting. We find no evidence that organics collection altered total household waste and weak evidence of a small negative spillover effect on dry-recycling waste. Our results suggest curbside organics collection could reduce emissions from landfills by 6–26%.
