Evaluation of the Waste Tire Resources Recovery Program and Environmental Health Policy in Taiwan

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Chia-Ching Chen²  Tetsuji Yamada¹  I-Ming Chiu¹ 

[1] Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey, 311 North Fifth Street, Camden, New Jersey 08102, USA; E-Mails:;New York Medical College School of Public Health, 95 Grasslands Road, Valhalla, New York 10595, USA

关键词: Environmental health policy;    waste tires;    health outcome;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph6031075

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

This paper examines the effectiveness of Taiwanese environmental health policies, whose aim is to improve environmental quality by reducing tire waste via the Tire Resource Recovery Program. The results confirm that implemented environmental health policies improve the overall health of the population (i.e. a decrease in death caused by bronchitis and other respiratory diseases). Current policy expenditures are far below the optimal level, as it is estimated that a ten percent increase in the subsidy would decrease the number of deaths caused by bronchitis and other respiratory diseases by 0.58% per county/city per year on average.

【 授权许可】

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