Willingness to Pay for the Disposal of Fluorescent Lamp Waste in the Residents of Ilam

Waste fluorescent lamps that contain mercury are a potential threat to human health and the environment are considered. When entering the body of the element mercury throughout the body and accumulate in the brain and kidneys and alters the neural and kidney function. So Recycling of fluorescent lamps thus reduce the potential environmental risks.In this study, using contingent valuation, willingness to pay for Ilam city residents to participate in recycling programs, these lamps have been investigated. Logit model used to measure the amount of willingness to payments and the maximum likelihood method, the parameters of the model were estimated. the results showed that 77.1 percent of those surveyed in this study are willing to pay for the recycling of fluorescent lamps and the average willingness to pay was estimated at Rails 14500. Based on the results of the regression model, the variables of income, education, Number of family members, the number of fluorescent lamps used in home, Charge lamp burned reasons for refusing to pay and be aware of the risks lamps, factors affecting households willingness to pay for Ilam.