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 decarbonisation.
By:
Nicky Gregson (Durham University UK)
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781529232448
ISBN 10: 1529232449
Pages: 254
Publication Date: 09 May 2023
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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Undergraduate
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ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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)
Nicky Gregson is Emerita Professor in Human Geography at Durham University.
Reviews for The Waste of the World: Consumption, Economies and the Making of the Global Waste Problem
"""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."" Discard Studies"
