FR: Opinion on using pricing incentives to reduce waste

The French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) has published an opinion that looked favorably on using “incentive pricing” to reduce household and business solid waste generation. In the United States, the approach is often called “pay-as-you-throw” and in some other countries it is called “volume based pricing”.
ADEME called incentive pricing “a very powerful and unrivaled lever” to change behavior and reduce waste generation, improve efficiency, and control or even reduce the cost of waste management services, although it said incentive pricing should be only one element in a broader waste reduction effort (Recycling Laws International, 5 December 2016).
Click here for the opinion (in French, 545 kB).
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