Rethinking the concept of waste and mass consumption : preserving resources through reuse, repair and recycling /

"This book presents hard facts, drawn from extensive research, to highlight our unsustainable consumption of the Earth's resources and the limitations of the UK's current management of waste and recycling. Setting out a bleak picture of a world in which we are literally consuming our...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Waite, Richard (Waste management and recycling consultant) (Author)
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.
Series:	Routledge studies in sustainability
Subjects:	Refuse and refuse disposal > Great Britain. Recycling (Waste, etc.) > Great Britain. Consumption (Economics) > Environmental aspects > Great Britain. Sustainable development > Great Britain. Environmentalism > Great Britain. Déchets > Élimination > Grande-Bretagne. Recyclage (Déchets, etc.) > Grande-Bretagne. Société de consommation > Aspect de l'environnement > Grande-Bretagne. Développement durable > Grande-Bretagne. Environnementalisme > Grande-Bretagne. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Consuming the Earth's resources
What we throw away
Key definitions and concepts
How our Household Waste is collected
How our Household Waste is treated
Linear vs. circular consumption
Consumerism and economic growth
Let's talk about packaging
A focus on plastics
What we need to do differently
What we could achieve if we changed
A proposed way forward.