Solid-waste & recycling policy |
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| A Brief Guide to Recycled Market Development | by Alexander Volokh and Lynn Scarlett, Reason Public Policy Institute, Policy Brief (1998) | |
Packaging, Recycling, and Solid Waste |
by Lynn Scarlett, Richard McCann, Robert Anex, and Alexander Volokh, Reason Public Policy Institute, Policy Study No. 223 (June 1997). The theme: whether recycling produces net social or environmental benefits is a complicated empirical question. There is no "one-size-fits-all" materials-use mandate that will be beneficial across the board; public policy should not force specific levels of recycling, either through mandates or through taxes and fees. |
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| Is Recycling Good Or Bad -- Or Both? | by Alexander Volokh and Lynn Scarlett, Consumers' Research, September 1997 | |
Recycling and Deregulation: Opportunities for Market Development |
A series of policy studies exploring how to encourage the use of recycled materials through deregulation. (For a super-brief summary, see Charles Oliver's "The Government's War on Recycling" on the Heartland Institute web site.) The series consists of the following three studies (which I list together with summary articles): |
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1. The FDA vs. Recycling: Has Food Packaging Law Gone Too Far? |
Reason Foundation policy study No. 196 (October 1995) |
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| The FDA vs. Recycling: Has Food Packaging Law Gone Too Far? | speech delivered at "International Polyester Week," October 7-10, 1996, Jamesburg, N.J. | |
| FDA rules impede recycling | Plastics News, May 20, 1996 | |
| Food packaging needs speedier FDA OKs | Plastics News, May 13, 1996 | |
| Vague Food Packaging Laws Hurt Recycling | Frozen Food Age, December 1995 | |
| Government Regs Slow Recycling Market Growth | by Liza Petrush, Recycling Times, November 28, 1995 -- a news article about the policy study | |
2. Recycling Hazardous Waste: How RCRA has Recyclers Running Around in CERCLAs |
Reason Foundation policy study No. 197 (October 1995) |
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| Men of Steel, Regulations of Kleenex: How RCRA has Recyclers Running Around in CERCLAs | speech delivered at Gorham/Intertech Consulting's "Steel Mill Wastes and By-Products" conference, June 24-26, 1996, Pittsburgh, Pa. | |
| Environment might benefit by easing waste rule | Patriot (Harrisburg, Pa.), May 17, 1996 | |
| Can anybody understand our hazardous waste law? | Santa Barbara News-Press, January 21, 1996 | |
3. How Government Building Codes and Construction Standards Discourage Recycling |
Reason Foundation policy study No. 202 (March 1996) |
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| Recycling and deregulation: Opportunities for market development | Resource Recycling, September 1996 -- summarizing the building codes and construction standards policy study | |
| Highway Departments Move Ahead with Performance Standards | Privatization Watch, June 1996 -- briefly focusing on highway construction | |
| Deregulation Good For Environment | BG News (Bowling Green, Oh.), April 26, 1996 -- a brief summary of the policy study | |
| Bureaucracy Can Be a Barrier to Use of Recycled Materials | Plastics News, March 25, 1996 -- an even briefer summary of the policy study, focusing on plastics | |
| Standards Discriminate Against Recycling, According to Reason Foundation Study | by Katherine Egan, Recycling Times, April 2, 1996 -- a news article about the policy study | |
| Materials: Recycling Holds Promise | by William G. Krizan, ENR (Engineering News-Record), September 30, 1996 -- a news article about hurdles faced by manufacturers of innovative building materials |