Green taxes, waste management and political economy

Turner, R. Kerry; Salmons, Roger; Powell, Jane; Craighill, Amelia

doi:10.1006/jema.1998.0202

Cited by 47 publications

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“…From 2008, the tax has risen by £8 per year. These increases were initially justified because the original research on deciding the landfill tax was a lower-bound estimate of the cost of landfill, having excluded the disamenity consequences from the calculation (Turner et al, 1998). The latter tax increases have been justified as a method of achieving targets for the diversion of waste from landfill.…”

Section: Landfill Taxmentioning

confidence: 99%

Waste to energy in the UK: policy and institutional issues

Jamasb¹,

Nepal²,

Kiamil³

2010

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy

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A sustainable waste management policy is necessary to manage the growing stream of municipal solid waste in ecologically sustainable ways. Although landfill has been the dominant form of waste management in the UK there is a need to comply with the European Union landfill directive. Waste to energy (WtE) is a viable waste management option to reduce the reliance on landfills and reap the energy benefits of waste. The first waste-fired power plant was built in the UK in 1885 but several barriers have constrained the use of WtE. This paper assesses the policy and institutional context for the development of WtE in the UK. It discusses how public opinion and choice of technology are important factors in achieving a wider acceptance of WtE in the UK. There is a need to devise coordinated policies on sustainable waste management at the regional and local levels. Furthermore, making all WtE technologies eligible for renewable obligation certificates could support the development of the technology and divert waste from landfills. The absence of efficient heat delivery networks is also a barrier to fulfilling the potential for WtE in the UK.

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Section: Landfill Taxmentioning

confidence: 99%

Waste to energy in the UK: policy and institutional issues

Jamasb¹,

Nepal²,

Kiamil³

2010

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy

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“…For European countries, Mazzanti and Zoboli (2005) (Turner et al, 1998 provides a rare evaluation based specifically on externalities). Given the lack of firm data, these studies provide interesting, but only qualitative assessments.…”

Section: Waste Generation and Disposal: The State Of The Art Of The Ementioning

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Embedding Landfill Diversion in Economic, Geographical and Policy Settings Panel Based Evidence from Italy

2008

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“…In a highly centralized State such as that which prevails in Ireland, the kinds of eco-taxation schemes open to regional groupings in their efforts to pursue a strategy of waste prevention and minimization are clearly limited (Turner et al, 1998). It is doubtful that a uniform taxation could be secured across local authority groupings and even if this were possible, competition for investment between groupings would mitigate against penal measures.…”

Section: A Radical Departure? Waste Management Planning In Ireland Simentioning

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Scale as an 'Active Progenitor' in the Metamorphosis of the Waste Management Hierarchy in Member States: The Case of the Republic of Ireland

Boyle¹

2003

European Planning Studies

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In the light of the raft of legislation introduced by the European Commission since the late 1980s, waste management planning in the European Union (EU) is currently undergoing tumultuous restructuring. At the heart of this restructuring is the requirement by member states to formulate waste management plans that embrace the Commission's central concept of the waste management hierarchy. This article begins with the assertion that the grounding of the waste management hierarchy in different European countries reflects members' ongoing difficulties balancing supra-national environmental regulations with the imperatives of national accumulation strategies. Central to negotiating this tightrope has been a tremendous transformation, modification, re-jigging and re-calibration of the hierarchies of waste management planning institutions in member states. The core argument advanced in this article is that far from being a neutral or technical or practical side show, contemporary (re)scalings of waste management planning in Europe must be approached as being centrally implicated in the constitution of forms of environmental controls that serve rather than burden the interests of leading capitals. This argument is illustrated through a detailed case study of recent scalar inventions in waste management planning in the Republic of Ireland.

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Green taxes, waste management and political economy

Cited by 47 publications

References 7 publications

Waste to energy in the UK: policy and institutional issues

Waste to energy in the UK: policy and institutional issues

Embedding Landfill Diversion in Economic, Geographical and Policy Settings Panel Based Evidence from Italy

Scale as an 'Active Progenitor' in the Metamorphosis of the Waste Management Hierarchy in Member States: The Case of the Republic of Ireland

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