Economic Incentives for Pollution Control: by Subject

Benefits and costs of environmental pollution control
Cash payments
Charges
Command and control
Deposit-refund
	3.3.4. Deposit-Refund Systems
	5.1. INTRODUCTION
	5.2. BEVERAGE CONTAINERS
	5.2.1. Maine Bottle Bill
	5.2.2. California Beverage Container Recycling Program
	5.3. LEAD-ACID BATTERIES
	5.4. MAINE PESTICIDE CONTAINER DEPOSIT SYSTEM
	5.5. OTHER PRODUCTS
	5.6. VOLUNTARY DEPOSIT SCHEMES
	5.7. PERFORMANCE BONDS
	11.2. DEPOSIT-REFUND MECHANISMS
	FIGURE 9. FIGURE 5-1: U.S. MARKET SHARE OF REFILLABLE BOTTLES
	FIGURE 10. FIGURE 5-2: ESTIMATED DISTRIBUTOR COSTS OF MAINE DEPOSIT SCHEMES
	FIGURE 11. FIGURE 5-3: BATTERY LEAD RECYCLING AND LEAD SCRAP PRICES IN THE U.S.
	FIGURE 28. FIGURE 11-10: ALUMINUM CAN RECYCLING RATES
	FIGURE 29. FIGURE 11-11: CARS SOLD AND SCRAPPED IN SWEDEN
	FIGURE 30. FIGURE 11-12: PET BOTTLE RECYCLING RATE IN TAIWAN
	TABLE 5. TABLE 3-5: USES OF ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS
	TABLE 16. TABLE 5-1: STATE BEVERAGE CONTAINER DEPOSIT SYSTEMS
	TABLE 17. TABLE 5-2: ESTIMATED COLLECTION AMOUNTS AND COSTS OF CURBSIDE AND DEPOSIT PROGRAMS IN MAINE COMMUNITY OF 25,000 INHABITANT S
	TABLE 18. TABLE 5-3: MANDATORY LEAD-ACID BATTERY DEPOSIT SYSTEMS
	TABLE 63. TABLE 11-18: BEVERAGE CONTAINER DEPOSITS IN SELECTED COUNTRIES
	TABLE 64. TABLE 11-19: DEPOSITS IN SOUTH KOREA
Economic incentives in general
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