Revista Chapingo.

Serie Ciencias Forestales y

del Ambiente
ISSN: 2007-3828
rforest@correo.chapingo.mx
Universidad Autónoma Chapingo
México

Valdivia-Alcalá, Ramón; Abelino-Torres, Gonzalo; López-Santiago, Marco A.; Zavala-Pineda,

María J.
VALORACIÓN ECONÓMICA DEL RECICLAJE DE DESECHOS URBANOS
Revista Chapingo. Serie Ciencias Forestales y del Ambiente, vol. 18, núm. 3, septiembre-
diciembre, 2012, pp. 435-447
Universidad Autónoma Chapingo
Chapingo, México

Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=62926234014

Abstract
In the present study, using the referendum contingent valuation method (RCVM), an economic valu¬ation was carried out to
implement a recycling system. For this, the population of the municipality of Texcoco was taken as a case study, to which a simple
random sampling method, at the level of household, was applied with a confidence level of 95 %, resulting in a total sample of 402
house¬holds. Results show that more than 90 % of heads of households are aware of the garbage problem. However, 70 % of
respondents know very little about recycling and almost 100 % of them think it is necessary to set up a recycling system. Moreover,
by applying the RECVM, and by adjusting a binary LOGIT model, a weekly willingness to pay (WTP) per house hold equal to
$27.18 was esti¬mated. As a result, total benefits of $1,295,915 were calculated per week. The model coefficients were estimated
using maximum likelihood.

Keywords
Referendum contingent valuation method,
LOGIT, willingness to pay, consumer surplus, maximum likelihood.

How to cite

Complete issue
Scientific Information System
More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal
Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative