A study on the economic valuation of environmental externalities from landfill disposal and incineration of waste: final main report

Abstract

In recent years, the European Commission has continuously developed the tool of cost-benefit analysis to better inform decision-makers in the process of settling on new directives and regulations concerning the environment. However, according to the Terms of Reference of this assignment "most studies in the field of waste have been restricted to an analysis of costs and, at best, a relatively superficial description of benefits".