Economic Value of the Recycling of Organic Resource in Rural Area

Abstract

From the viewpoint of material circulation, the recycling of organic wastes is useful to solves the environmental problem in a region. In this research, it aimed at clarifying the non-marketed value of the recycling function of organic resource as one of “the many-sided functions which agricluture and rural areas have.” Using CVM(Contingent Valuation Method) which is one of the evaluation techniques of the non-marketed value, I estimates WTP(Willing to Pay)to the service or the system of the recycling of organic resources for general residents and farms, by the questionnaire data carried out for Furano-shi, Hokkaido, Yagi-cho, Kyoto, and Oda-shi, Shimane, which is a typical rural area. From the result, it clarified about what characteristics of each local area are reflected in WTP, and a future of recycling policy was explored.