Table of Contents

1. Starting from scrap.- 2. Theories of international trade in secondary materials.- 3. Models of international recycling.- 4. Valuation of externalities.- 5. Empirical evidence on recycling and trade in paper and lead in developed and developing countries.- 6. Recycling and trade of waste paper in India.- 7. Recycling and trade in waste plastics in China.- 8. Trade and recycling of used truck tyres in Western and Eastern Europe.- 9. Summary, conclusions, and recommendations.- References.- Samenvatting (summary in Dutch).