Title

Economic and policy instrument analyses in support of the scrap tire recycling program in Taiwan

Authors

Authors

N. B. Chang

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Environ. Manage.

Keywords

scrap tire recycling; economic analysis; environmental policy analysis; econometric modeling; solid waste management; RUBBER; RECOVERY; TRENDS; Environmental Sciences

Abstract

Understanding the cost-effectiveness and the role of economic and policy instruments, such as the combined product tax-recycling subsidy scheme or a tradable permit, for scrap tire recycling has been of crucial importance in a inarket-oriented environmental management system. promoting product (tire) stewardship on one hand and improving incentive-based recycling policy on the other hand requires a comprehensive analysis of the interfaces and interactions in the nexus of economic impacts, environmental management, environmental valuation, and cost-benefit analysis. This paper presents an assessment of the interfaces and interactions between the implementation of policy instruments and its associated economic evaluation for sustaining a scrap tire recycling program in Taiwan during the era of the strong economic growth of the late 1990s. It begins with an introduction of the management of the co-evolution between technology metrics of scrap tire recycling and organizational changes for meeting the managerial goals island-wide during the 1990s. The database collected and used for such analysis covers 17 major tire recycling firms and 10 major tire manufacturers at that time. With estimates of scrap tire generation and possible scale of subsidy with respect to differing tire recycling technologies applied, economic analysis eventually leads to identify the associated levels of product tax with respect to various sizes of new tires. It particularly demonstrates a broad perspective of how an integrated econometric and engineering economic analysis can be conducted to assist in implementing policy instruments for scrap tire management. Research findings indicate that different subsidy settings for collection, processing, and end use of scrap tires should be configured to ameliorate the overall managerial effectiveness. Removing the existing boundaries between designated service districts could strengthen the competitiveness of scrap tires recycling industry, helping to reduce the required levels of product tax and subsidy. With such initial breakthroughs at hand to handle the complexity of scrap tire recycling technologies, there remains unique management and policy avenues left to explore if a multi-dimensional solution is to be successful in the long run. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Journal of Environmental Management

Volume

86

Issue/Number

3

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

435

Last Page

450

WOS Identifier

WOS:000252673300002

ISSN

0301-4797

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