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Solid waste management on small islands: the case of Green Island, Taiwan
- Source :
- Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 45(1), 31-47, Resources, Conservation and Recycling 45 (2005) 1
- Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Municipalities of small islands have limited capacities for waste disposal. In the case of Green Island, Taiwan, continuing with business as usual would only allow the disposal of waste on the island for another 8 years. Three alternatives for solid waste management (SWM) are compared. The cost-effective solution is the one, which is the most expensive in the short run: continuing business as usual and introducing an incineration plant in the year 2010. The results indicate furthermore that deviations from optimal timing of investment only slightly change average annual costs. In the long run, the municipality can hardly avoid transporting waste to the mainland. By investing in an incineration plant, they can buy additional time to investigate alternative SWM strategies.
- Subjects :
- Solid waste management
Mainland China
energy-production
Economics and Econometrics
Engineering
Municipal solid waste
WIMEK
Waste management
Short run
business.industry
Waste collection
trash
Investment (macroeconomics)
Incineration
Environmental Economics and Natural Resources
landfills
business
Waste Management and Disposal
Waste disposal
Milieueconomie en Natuurlijke Hulpbronnen
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09213449
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 45(1), 31-47, Resources, Conservation and Recycling 45 (2005) 1
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5299a21ba15ab2ac4e4f04600d57e689