- Waste
- is
- one
- of
- the
- planet’s
- last
- great
- resource
- frontiers.
- From
- furniture
- made
- from
- up-cycled
- wood
- to
- gold
- extracted
- from
- computer
- circuit
- boards,
- artisans
- and
- multinational
- corporations
- alike
- are
- finding
- ways
- to
- profit
- from
- waste
- while
- diverting
- materials
- from
- overcrowded
- landfills.
- Yet
- beyond
- these
- benefits,
- this
- “new”
- resource
- still
- poses
- serious
- risks
- to
- human
- health
- and
- the
- environment.In
- this
- unique
- book,
- Kate
- O’Neill
- traces
- the
- emergence
- of
- the
- global
- political
- economy
- of
- wastes
- over
- the
- past
- two
- decades.
- She
- explains
- how
- the
- emergence
- of
- waste
- governance
- initiatives
- and
- mechanisms
- can
- help
- us
- deal
- with
- both
- the
- risks
- and
- the
- opportunities
- associated
- with
- the
- hundreds
- of
- millions
- –
- possibly
- billions
- –
- of
- tons
- of
- waste
- we
- generate
- each
- year.
- Drawing
- on
- a
- range
- of
- fascinating
- case
- studies
- to
- develop
- her
- arguments,
- including
- China’s
- role
- as
- the
- primary
- recipient
- of
- recyclable
- plastics
- and
- scrap
- paper
- from
- the
- Western
- world,
- “Zero-Waste”
- initiatives,
- the
- emergence
- of
- transnational
- waste-pickers’
- alliances,
- and
- alternatives
- for
- managing
- growing
- volumes
- of
- electronic
- and
- food
- wastes,
- O’Neill
- shows
- how
- waste
- can
- be
- a
- risk,
- a
- resource,
- and
- even
- a
- livelihood,
- with
- implications
- for
- governance
- at
- local,
- national,
- and
- global levels.
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