Markets, technology and environmental regulation: price ambivalence of waste paper in Germany

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We examine the price ambivalence of low quality waste paper (grades 1.02 and 1.04) on the German market. Since 1990 the price of these grades is at times positive and at times negative. The underlying reason is the combination of three institutional and technical characteristics of the market: (i) As a result of waste management legislation the supply of waste paper is mostly independent of its price and its demand. Supply is bounded from below by collection and utilization quotas fixed by the Regulation on Packaging Waste enacted in 1991. (ii) The only alternative to costly disposal of waste paper by dumping or incineration is its use as a secondary resource in the production of new paper, as only the paper industry is capable of using waste paper in a productive manner in significant amount. (iii) Yet, its use as a substitute for primary inputs is technically limited. In this article, we describe the technical and institutional conditions leading to price ambivalence and discuss the consequences for supply, demand and trade of waste paper.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftEcological Economics
Jahrgang47
Ausgabenummer2-3
Seiten (von - bis)183-195
Anzahl der Seiten13
ISSN0921-8009
DOIs
PublikationsstatusErschienen - 01.12.2003
Extern publiziertJa

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