Question 1 In a deposit-refund system, the refund component rewards potential polluters for proper disposal or recycling activity the deposit should be set equal to the MSC of illegal waste disposal to achieve efficiency monitoring and enforcement costs are higher than if a pollution charge were used actual polluters are not penalized for actions that harm the environment 20
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