PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bell, Jason
AU  - Huber, Joel
AU  - Kip Viscusi, W.
TI  - Fostering Recycling Participation in Wisconsin Households through Single-Stream Programs
AID  - 10.3368/le.93.3.481
DP  - 2017 Aug 01
TA  - Land Economics
PG  - 481--502
VI  - 93
IP  - 3
4099  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/93/3/481.short
4100  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/93/3/481.full
SO  - Land Econ2017 Aug 01; 93
AB  - Single-stream recycling enables households to recycle an unsorted mix of cans, plastic, glass, and paper, thereby reducing recycling costs. The expansion of single-stream recycling in Wisconsin provides a natural experiment to assess the extent to which single-stream increases recycling behavior. Using a longitudinal database that matches household recycling participation to county-level recycling policies from Wisconsin, we identify respondent and county characteristics that promote recycling. The results of both fixed-effects regressions and a differences-in-differences analysis demonstrate that single-stream programs increase recycling within households. The shift from dual-stream to single-stream has benefits exceeding costs. (JEL Q53)