Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
2009
Document Number
Research Paper #2009-9
Abstract
We use a regional input output (IO) framework and data derived on waste generation by industry to examine regional accountability. In addition to estimating a series of industry waste-output coefficients, the paper considers a series of methods for waste attribution, and practical use for policymakers. The paper first considers perspectives on attribution of domestic waste generation using basic Type I and Type II industry multipliers, and also compares these with multipliers derived from a trade endogenised linear attribution system (TELAS) which permits a greater focus on private and public final consumption as the main exogenous driver of waste generation in the domestic economy. Second, it uses a domestic technology assumption (DTA) to consider what Wales’s ‘waste footprint’ would be if it had to meet all its consumption requirements through domestic production.
Digital Commons Citation
Jensen, Christa D.; McIntyre, Stuart; Munday, Max; and Turner, Karen, "Who Creates Waste? Different Perspectives on Waste Attribution in a Regional Economy" (2009). Regional Research Institute Working Papers. 86.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/rri_pubs/86