Document Type
Research Paper
Publication Date
2023
Abstract
This policy brief will analyze the current state of municipal waste, both residential and commercial, in Clark County Nevada. Southern Nevada’s reliance on inexpensive disposal of waste results in lack of support for sustainable investment in waste diversion programs. Clark County lags significantly behind the US in terms of recycling processing due to problems related to collection of materials and limited programs that divert food waste in a city reliant on casinos that dispose tons of food per day. A multifactor approach which includes education, investment in waste diversion, policy change for waste collection and cost, and management of waste hauling monopolization is necessary.
Keywords
Environmental Policy, Public Policy, Sustainability, Municipal Waste, Recycling
Disciplines
Environmental Policy | Public Policy
File Format
File Size
270 KB
Language
English
Rights
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Repository Citation
Billot, Z.
(2023).
Municipal Waste in Southern Nevada: Understanding the Obsession with Garbage.
Available at:
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/award/58
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