Disassembly and Recovery or Recycling the waste? A comparative Analysis

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A comparative Analysis

Article

Magazine

RIVISTA INTERNAZIONALE DI SCIENZE SOCIALI

Fascicle

RIVISTA INTERNAZIONALE DI SCIENZE SOCIALI - 2023 - 1. A special issue in honor of Gerd Weinrich

Title

Disassembly and Recovery or Recycling the waste? A comparative Analysis

Author

Giuseppe Di Vita

Publisher

Vita e Pensiero

Format

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Online from

05-2023

Doi

10.26350/000518_000112

Issn

0035-676X (print) | 1827-7918 (digital)

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Description

The theoretical framework developed in this paper is useful when making a comparison between the disassembly and recovery of exhaustible resources merged with waste, to produce secondary resources, with the recycling of waste as a whole, to get secondary input. The main obstacle to recycling the waste as a whole is technological progress. We study how innovation could help discover more efficient processes and to reduce the extraction rate of exhaustible resources. Using a simple endogenous growth model we are able to compare the two kinds of waste management in terms of their impact on growth rates of total output, technological progress and exhaustible resource. The main results of the model are that the waste recycling process reduces the extraction rate of exhaustible resource. The growth rate of total output reaches its lowest level when the waste is recycled as a whole confirming that there is a trade-off between growth and environmental protection.

keywords

Disassembly and recovery of waste, Exhaustible Resources, Secondary input, Technological progress, Waste recycling.

Author biography

Department of Economics and Business, University of Catania, Palazzo delle Scienze - Corso Italia 55, 95129 Catania, Italy. Email: gdivita@lex.unict.it.