Abstract

AVALOS RODRIGUEZ, María Liliana; ALCARAZ VERA, Jorge Víctor  and  ALVARADO FLORES, José Juan. Hazardous Waste Management in the Cuitzeo Region, Michoacán, from the Application of the Contingent Valuation Method. Econ: teor. práct [online]. 2018, n.48, pp.151-172. ISSN 2448-7481.  https://doi.org/10.24275/etypuam/ne/482018/avalos.

The economic valuation of the management of hazardous waste in Mexico is scarce, despite nationally is estimated a generation of 2’223,865 tons of hazardous waste, 4,861.90 tons generated in the Cuitzeo Region, therefore, the research aims to apply The Contingent Valuation Method to know the willingness to pay for the environmentally sound management of current ones, under the parameters determined by the current legislation. The results reveal that generators are willing to pay for administrative procedures and for each liter, kilo or piece of hazardous waste they generate. It is recorded that only 7 per cent of the participants are not willing to pay or take actions to improve the management of their waste. The results allow to determine that there is a lack of knowledge of legal obligations, the types and volumes of waste and the social and environmental impacts.

Keywords : Waste management; contingent valuation; willingness to pay; R0; Q01; Q50; Q51; Q52; Q53.

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