ESTIMATING LOST AMENITY DUE TO LANDFILL WASTE-DISPOSAL

The increasing quantities of waste produced by society have implicatio ns not only for waste management but also for the social and environme ntal impacts that these activities generate. This paper examines the i mpacts that a well-established United Kingdom (UK) landfill site has o n the people who live around it and uses a stated preference choice ex periment to estimate the magnitude of these impacts in monetary terms. It is found that many residents experience minimal impacts having lea rnt to live with the landfill site. Willingness to pay for reducing im pacts is relatively low and any reduction in landfill operations is li kely to have little effect on the amenity of local people. (C) 1998 El sevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.