Waste management
Undermining Sound Resource Use Through Subsidies to Primary Materials and Waste Management
Despite surging prices for energy and other commodities, the vast majority of materials generated in the United States continues to be thrown away in landfills or burned in incinerators. This
Scoping Suggestions for NAS Review of Effects of the Tax Code on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Earth Track's submitted comments on the National Academy of Sciences' upcoming analysis on the effects of the federal tax code on greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions.
Strategies for Financing Brownfields Remediation and Redevelopment in California.
Reviewed options for the state of California to more effectively align incentives for brownfields redevelopment and to identify financial tools that would help achieve land reclamation.
...Improving the Biennial Report: Issues and Options.
Prepared with Industrial Economics, Inc. for the US EPA's Office of Planning, Analysis, and Accountability and the Office of Solid Waste. April 2003.
Leveling the Playing Field for Recycling: A Policy Report on Virgin Material Subsidies from the National Recycling Coalition
Prepared with the National Policy Workgroup of the National Recycling Coalition.
New Tax Breaks Threaten Recycling
Published in Waste News Op-Ed, August 6, 2001. A host of new subsidies to converting a wide variety of biomass-based wastes into energy were proposed in legislation during 2
Improving Industrial Pretreatment: Success Factors, Challenges, and Project Ideas
Prepared while at Industrial Economics, for the Office of Policy Planning and Evaluation, US EPA, October 1996.
Federal Energy Subsidies and Recycling: A Case Study.
Published in Resource Recycling, November 1994.
Evaluating Subsidies for Landfill Gas to Energy Programs
Prepared for the National Recycling Coalition, 2001.
