Location
Parker-Reed, SSWAC
Start Date
1-5-2014 10:00 AM
End Date
1-5-2014 11:00 AM
Project Type
Poster
Description
The Waterville, Maine community has experienced many struggles with establishing an economically and socially beneficial method for collecting recyclables from residents. In 2006, the town made the choice to terminate its curbside recycling pickup and open the Skills facility, where residents were able to transport there recyclables and dispose of them at the facility. This proved to also not be economically beneficial and the town ended this option for residents in 2012. The motivation behind establishing a new recycling program in Waterville is making Waterville more environmentally friendly, the creation of jobs for residents in the trash collecting business, moral obligation, and interest in public priorities. We would like to assess what the potential opportunities are for reinstating a curbside pickup recycling program in the town of Waterville. By designing a choice experiment we hope to give future researchers a method for quantifying the utility Waterville residents put on a curbside recycling program.
Faculty Sponsor
Sahan Dissanayake
Sponsoring Department
Colby College. Economics Dept.
CLAS Field of Study
Social Sciences
Event Website
http://www.colby.edu/clas
ID
157
Included in
Municipal Recycling In Waterville: A Choice Experiment
Parker-Reed, SSWAC
The Waterville, Maine community has experienced many struggles with establishing an economically and socially beneficial method for collecting recyclables from residents. In 2006, the town made the choice to terminate its curbside recycling pickup and open the Skills facility, where residents were able to transport there recyclables and dispose of them at the facility. This proved to also not be economically beneficial and the town ended this option for residents in 2012. The motivation behind establishing a new recycling program in Waterville is making Waterville more environmentally friendly, the creation of jobs for residents in the trash collecting business, moral obligation, and interest in public priorities. We would like to assess what the potential opportunities are for reinstating a curbside pickup recycling program in the town of Waterville. By designing a choice experiment we hope to give future researchers a method for quantifying the utility Waterville residents put on a curbside recycling program.
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