One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure: A Comparative Analysis of Property Rights in Solid Waste
In this paper, the author argues that any system of legal rules that tries to exclude the waste pickers from the waste value chain results in high transaction costs and risks further aggravating existing social injustices. Several inclusive property right regimes are conceivable, from waste picker ownership of waste to a res nullius (nobody’s property) regime complemented by a right of first possession. Res nullius creates incentives for the stakeholders of waste to specialize in different segments of the collection and recycling chain. Possible drawbacks of this regime are dissipating rents because of open access to waste.
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. One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure: A Comparative Analysis of Property Rights in Solid Waste. , , . , 2019. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Danese_One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure 2019.pdf. (2019). One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure: A Comparative Analysis of Property Rights in Solid Waste. , , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Danese_One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure 2019.pdf. "One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure: A Comparative Analysis of Property Rights in Solid Waste." 2019, .. "One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure: A Comparative Analysis of Property Rights in Solid Waste." (2019). https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Danese_One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure 2019.pdf 2019, 'One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure: A Comparative Analysis of Property Rights in Solid Waste', , , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Danese_One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure 2019.pdf, 'One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure: A Comparative Analysis of Property Rights in Solid Waste' (2019). . One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure: A Comparative Analysis of Property Rights in Solid Waste. . 2019. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Danese_One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure 2019.pdf. One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure: A Comparative Analysis of Property Rights in Solid Waste. . 2019. , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Danese_One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure 2019.pdf
