Waste of the World

Consumption, Economies and the Making of the Global Waste Problem

AvNicky Gregson

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Despite frequent claims that waste is being reduced, consumer-reliant economies, everyday consumption and the waste industry continue to produce and demand more waste.Combining a lucid style with robust empirical and theoretical research, this book examines the root causes of the global waste problem, rather than simply the symptoms. It challenges existing waste policies, highlighting what needs to change if we are to get serious in tackling this global problem. It concludes with policy implications for shifting waste from an ‘end-of-pipe’ concern to being at the heart of the debate over decarbonization.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-05-09
Mått:156 x 234 x 16 mm
Vikt:531 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:254
Förlag:Bristol University Press
ISBN:9781529232431

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Nicky Gregson is Emerita Professor in Human Geography at Durham University.

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"This book doesn’t end on a recipe for solutions; it does something much more important. It identifies three major challenges in the form of research questions, with the answers to these questions forming the beginnings of solutions that are appropriately scaled to the problems of waste writ large." D⁮iscard Studies

Innehållsförteckning

1. The Global Waste Problem and How to Think About It: Or, How to Understand the ‘Too Much Waste’ Problem2. Discard, Social Order and Social Life: Or, Discard is Foundational to Understanding Waste3. Consumption, Consumer Practices and Consumer Discard: Or, How Consumer Discard Relates to Economies4. Conduits, Value Regimes and Valuation: Or, Following Consumers’ Discarded Things5. Recommodifying Discard: Or, the Challenges of Turning Discard into an Economic Good6. Waste, Money and Finance: Or, How Turning Discard into Waste Turns Waste into an Energy Resource and an Asset7. Future Directions: Or, Rewiring Waste through the Three Ds (Decarbonization, Digital and Discard)