The Waste of the World

Consumption, Economies and the Making of the Global Waste Problem
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-5292-3243-1
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 254 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 531 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gregson, Nicky

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Abfallbeseitigung, Abfallentsorgung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft Entsorgungswirtschaft
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltverschmutzung, Umweltkriminalität, Umweltrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Global Waste Problem and How to Think About It: Or, How to Understand the ‘Too Much Waste’ Problem

2. Discard, Social Order and Social Life: Or, Discard is Foundational to Understanding Waste

3. Consumption, Consumer Practices and Consumer Discard: Or, How Consumer Discard Relates to Economies

4. Conduits, Value Regimes and Valuation: Or, Following Consumers’ Discarded Things

5. Recommodifying Discard: Or, the Challenges of Turning Discard into an Economic Good

6. Waste, Money and Finance: Or, How Turning Discard into Waste Turns Waste into an Energy Resource and an Asset

7. Future Directions: Or, Rewiring Waste through the Three Ds (Decarbonization, Digital and Discard)

Über Autor(innen)

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