To the best of the authors' knowledge, this study represents the first attempt to quantitatively calculate the damage costs of discarded PET bottles. Based on the available data on the production, use, and disposal of PET bottles through a review of recently published literature, we estimate the...
we simply multiply the average yearly miles driven of our sample in the NTS by 14 (presumed lifetime of the vehicle). We use the age coefficient from our miles driven model to calculate the miles driven for each single year of life of a vehicle. We find out that the average car is dr...