Rethinking the Concept of Waste and Mass Consumption: Preserving Resources through Reuse, Repair and Recycling

Author:   Richard Waite
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781032824864


Pages:   246
Publication Date:   30 July 2024
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Richard Waite
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.470kg
ISBN:  

9781032824864


ISBN 10:   1032824867
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   30 July 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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1. Consuming the Earth’s resources 2. What we throw away 3. Key definitions and concepts 4. How our Household Waste is collected 5. How our Household Waste is treated 6. Linear vs. circular consumption 7. Consumerism and economic growth 8. Let’s talk about packaging 9. A focus on plastics 10. What we need to do differently 11. What we could achieve if we changed 12. A proposed way forward Annex I. How individual materials are re-processed Annex II. Tips to help you to help the planet

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Richard Waite studied and practised as a chartered engineer, before setting up one of the UK’s first household recycling schemes in the late 1980s. Subsequently, as a management consultant, he advised many councils and the Government on household waste management and recycling, and in 1995 wrote the first book on household waste recycling. He was the specialist advisor to the House of Commons Environment Select Committee during their 1993/94 inquiry into recycling. He then became the Managing Director of several very successful UK businesses but maintained his interest in recycling. Drawing on his own experience setting up and running one of the UK’s first companies recycling Household Waste, plus extensive research and analysis, he has written this book to draw attention to the crisis we face and to present a comprehensive blueprint for how we should in future manage our use of the Earth’s limited resources.

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