Abstract

This chapter explains the mathematical principles and factors of cost-benefit analysis and covers various main cost and benefit components associated with waste-to-resource development. It provides a systematic database about the major cost and benefit components of different types of waste-to-resource systems. This chapter emphasizes the importance of waste collection and transportation to the economics of waste-to-resource development and explains two existing models of waste collection and transportation. It concludes on reviewing the existing studies about the economic feasibility of the different types of waste-to-resource systems and highlighting the critical factors associated with the economic feasibility.

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