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| ISBN: | 9781317415404
131741540X
9781315686523
131568652X
9781317415381
1317415388
9781317415398
1317415396
1138921165
9781138921160
9781138921160
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Open Access
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 20, 2016).
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| Summary: | 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 São 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.
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| Other form: | Erscheint auch als: Gutberlet, Jutta. Urban recycling cooperatives. London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016 175 Seiten
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