Table 5.

Comparison of economic instruments and resource recovery approaches.

Type	Purposes	Advantages	Drawbacks
Economic instruments	To raise revenue from excessive waste disposal; to encourage efficient use of resources.	Discouraging environmental pollution; providing households incentives for 5R	Revenue is not used to manage the environment due to its low tariff; waste disposal fee is not calculated based on proper formula/standard
Resource recovery	To address climate change concern; to promote local needs of development	Creating job opportunity such as waste composting at a local level	Not mandatory