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Why Do We Recycle? Markets, Values, and Public Policy

In Why do We Recycle? Frank Ackerman examines the arguments for and against recycling and explains why the reasons for recycling are more than a simple matter of dollars and cents.

Frank Ackerman / Published on 7 October 2009
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Ackerman, F. (1997). Why Do We Recycle? Markets, Values, and Public Policy. Washington DC: Island Press, 1997.

While critics of recycling tend to minimize or ignore its widespread environmental benefits, Ackerman makes a strong case for including social issues, future resource needs, and noneconomic values in the recycling equation.

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