The Waste of the World
eBook - ePub

The Waste of the World

Consumption, Economies and the Making of the Global Waste Problem

  1. 254 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Waste of the World

Consumption, Economies and the Making of the Global Waste Problem

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Preface
  7. 1 The Global Waste Problem and How to Think about It: Or, how to understand the ‘too much waste’ problem
  8. 2 Discard, Social Order and Social Life: Or, discard is foundational to understanding waste
  9. 3 Consumption, Consumer Practices and Consumer Discard: Or, how consumer discard relates to economies
  10. 4 Conduits, Value Regimes and Valuation: Or, following consumers’ discarded things
  11. 5 Recommodifying Discard: Or, the challenges of turning discard into an economic good
  12. 6 Waste, Money and Finance: Or, how turning discard into waste turns waste into an energy resource and an asset
  13. 7 Future Directions: Or, rewiring waste through the three Ds (decarbonization, digital and discard)
  14. Notes
  15. References
  16. Index