Urban Recycling Cooperatives / Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy (ePub)
Building resilient communities
(Sprache: Englisch)
Solid waste is a major urban challenge worldwide and decisions over which technologies or methods to apply can have beneficial or detrimental long-term consequences. Inappropriate management of solid waste can lead to damaging environmental impacts,...
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Solid waste is a major urban challenge worldwide and decisions over which technologies or methods to apply can have beneficial or detrimental long-term consequences. Inappropriate management of solid waste can lead to damaging environmental impacts, particularly in the megacities of the Global South.Urban Recycling Cooperatives explores the multiple narratives and interdisciplinary nature of waste studies, drawing attention to the pressing social, economic and environmental challenges related to waste management. The book asks questions such as: how do we define waste and our relation to it; who is involved in dealing with waste; and what power interactions become manifest over issues of accessing and managing waste? In recent years informal cooperatives have emerged, devoted to recycling household and business waste before reclassifying it and redirecting it to the authorities. Hence, these workers are able to reclaim significant amounts of natural resources and thus contribute to the saving of resources and lessened waste management expenditures.With particular reference to the Brazilian megalopolis of So Paulo, this book describes this paradigm shift in the general understanding of waste as unwanted discard towards the recognition of waste as a resource that must be recovered for reuse or recycling. It would be of interest to students and policy makers working in international development and waste management.
Autoren-Porträt von Jutta Gutberlet
Jutta Gutberlet is Associate Professor in the Geography Department at the University of Victoria, Canada.
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- Autor: Jutta Gutberlet
- 2016, 188 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis
- ISBN-10: 1317415396
- ISBN-13: 9781317415398
- Erscheinungsdatum: 12.05.2016
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