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            The collection of solid waste and the recovery of recyclable material from waste are major challenges Cuba has been facing for many years. In this paper, we briefly sketch the actual waste situation and analyse the causes of the obvious deficiencies of the waste sector. We conducted a small survey in Havana city to assess people's awareness of the garbage problem, their appraisal of the actual situation and their willingness to contribute personally to an improvement of the waste situation. Based on the insights gained from this survey and from our theoretical analysis of the Cuban waste management we develop suggestions for an improvement of the waste situation in Cuba. These suggestions take into account that the financial means available to reform the waste management system in Cuba are severely restricted. Therefore, our suggestions are more focused on organisational and motivational changes than on the introduction of high technology.

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            Contributors
            Michael Ahlheim
            Maike Becker
            Heike Trastl
            Yeniley Allegue Losada
            Journal
            Journal ID (doi): 10.2307/j50005551
            Journal ID (jcode): intejcubastud
            Title: International Journal of Cuban Studies
            Publisher: Pluto Journals
            ISSN: 1756-3461
            ISSN: 1756-347X
            Publication date (Print): 1 December 2019
            Volume: 11
            Issue: 2 ( doiID: 10.13169/intejcubastud.11.issue-2 )
            Pages: 147-173
            Affiliations
            University of Hohenheim, Germany
            University of Hohenheim, Germany
            University of Hohenheim, Germany
            University of Havana, Cuba
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            [1]

            Professor of Economics, esp. Environmental Economics, at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany, since 2001. From 1994 to 2001 Professor of Economics, esp. Environmental Economics, at the Technical University of Cottbus in Cottbus, Germany. Study of Economics (Diplom-Volkswirt), PhD and Habilitation at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Research interest: The economic valuation of environmental changes.

            [2]

            Former Research Associate (from 2017 to 2019) at the Chair of Environmental Economics, Regulatory and Consumer Policy at the University of Hohenheim. Master degree in Environmental and Resource Economics at the University of Kiel and Bachelor degree in International Economics and Development at the University of Bayreuth. Research interests: Environmental Valuation.

            [3]

            Master student in International Business and Economics at the University of Hohenheim. Graduated as Bachelor of Science in International Economics at University of Tübingen with focus on Latin American Studies.

            [4]

            Professor of Economics at the University of Havana, Cuba, since 2016. Bachelor degree, Master degree and PhD at the University of Havana. Studies of “Environmental and Resource Economics”, “Allocations and Prices Theory” and other subjects at the Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany, in 2008 and 2009. Research interest: economic assessment of the impacts of climate change, modelling in energy and climate economics.

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            Publisher ID: intejcubastud.11.2.0147
            DOI: 10.13169/intejcubastud.11.2.0147
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            Keywords: waste management,contingent valuation,recycling,incentives,Cuba

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