Markets: buyer networks

Operational, climate, and market notes on buyer networks — built for scanning and internal linking.

Summary

For households, behavioral nudges reduces rejection rates — especially when volumes grow and sorting happens under time pressure. For households, policy finance changes net cost — especially when volumes grow and sorting happens under time pressure. At the system level, behavioral nudges reduces rejection rates — especially when volumes grow and sorting happens under time pressure. In practice, material grading reduces rejection rates — especially when volumes grow and sorting happens under time pressure. For households, contamination control prevents greenwashing — especially when volumes grow and sorting happens under time pressure. For program operators, collection design changes net cost — especially when volumes grow and sorting happens under time pressure.

What to do

Common mistakes

Checklist

  • Empty and dry
  • Loose in bin
  • Single material when possible
  • Special drop-off for batteries and e-waste

Contamination

Reduce the biggest cause of diversion.

Emissions

Where recycling changes carbon outcomes.

Prices

Understand what buyers pay for.