In the EU, standards for municipal waste sorting and recycling are established by the European central institutions, being mostly based on the available estimates of recyclable materials. In a simple model of co-production in municipal waste management with local taxation, we assess that central bodies enjoy more discretion and can set more ambitious targets in jurisdictions with stronger environmental preferences and/or lower expenditure needs. Incentives to engage in waste sorting and recycling are found to be less powerful with citizens who are less sensitive to the environmental preservation, and all the more when the public input has a high cost. This points to the conclusion that standards should be differentiated across jurisdictions, with due consideration of the local preferences and costs of waste management.

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城市垃圾管理中的集中标准和地方税收

在欧盟，城市垃圾分类和回收标准由欧洲中央机构制定，主要基于对可回收材料的可用估计。在城市废物管理与地方税收共同生产的简单模型中，我们评估中央机构享有更大的自由裁量权，并且可以在具有更强环境偏好和/或更低支出需求的司法管辖区设定更雄心勃勃的目标。对于对环境保护不那么敏感的公民来说，从事垃圾分类和回收利用的激励力度较小，尤其是在公共投入成本高的情况下。这表明标准应该在不同的司法管辖区有所不同，并适当考虑当地的偏好和废物管理的成本。