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Social Subsidies, Environmental Pollution, and Utilization of Agricultural Wastes: An Oregon Example*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Jagjit S. Brar  and
Frank S. Conklin
Jagjit S. Brar
Affiliation:
Southeastern Louisiana University
Frank S. Conklin
Affiliation:
Oregon State University
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Increased public awareness in recent years regarding environmental pollution has generated concern over the disposal of household, commercial, industrial, animal, and agricultural wastes. In most cases, utilization of these wastes is not feasible because of high recovery costs. The substantial quantities involved often preclude disposal by landfills and their burning contributes to air pollution. One such case is the environmental pollution caused from disposal of grass seed residue by open field burning in Oregon.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , December 1973 , pp. 175 - 184
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1973

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Footnotes

*

Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Paper No. 3593

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