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Recycling and the Politics of Urban Waste (Hardcover)
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Recycling and the Politics of Urban Waste (Hardcover)
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The affluence of western society has given rise to unprecedented
quantities of waste, presenting one of the most intractable
environmental problems for contemporary society. This book examines
recycling and municipal waste management in three major cities:
London, New York and Hamburg. A range of political and economic
issues are examined to illustrate how any reduction in the size of
the waste stream in order to achieve more equitable and
environmentally sustainable patterns of resource use is
incompatible with the current emphasis in the use of the market for
environmental protection. The case studies show how, contrary to
the hopes of many environmentalists and policy makers, municipal
waste management is moving steadily towards the profitable option
of incineration with energy recovery, rather than the recycling of
materials or waste reduction at source. The evidence suggests that
the achievement of a more sustainable pattern of recycling and
waste management policy would demand a fundamental change in public
policy, to give government a more active role in environmental
protection.
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