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Waste Worlds

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Author : Jacob Doherty
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2021-12-14

Waste Worlds written by Jacob Doherty and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-14 with Business & Economics categories.

Uganda's capital, Kampala, is undergoing dramatic urban transformations as its new technocratic government seeks to clean and green the city. Waste Worlds tracks the dynamics of development and disposability unfolding amid struggles over who and what belong in the new Kampala. Garbage materializes these struggles. In the densely inhabited social infrastructures in and around the city's waste streams, people, places, and things become disposable but conditions of disposability are also challenged and undone. Drawing on years of ethnographic research, Jacob Doherty illustrates how waste makes worlds, offering the key intervention that disposability is best understood not existentially, as a condition of social exclusion, but infrastructurally, as a form of injurious social inclusion.

Waste Worlds

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Author : Jacob Doherty
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2021-12-14

Trash Talk

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Author : Michelle Mulder
language : en
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Release Date : 2015-04-01

Trash Talk written by Michelle Mulder and has been published by Orca Book Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.

Humans have always generated garbage, whether it’s a chewed-on bone or a broken cell phone. Our landfills are overflowing, but with some creative thinking, stuff we once threw away can become a collection of valuable resources just waiting to be harvested. Trash Talk digs deep into the history of garbage, from Minoan trash pits to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and uncovers some of the many innovative ways people all over the world are dealing with waste.

World Wide Waste How Digital Is Killing Our Planet And What We Can Do About It

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Author : Gerry McGovern
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2020-03-13

World Wide Waste How Digital Is Killing Our Planet And What We Can Do About It written by Gerry McGovern and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-13 with Electronic waste categories.

Speaking out when it's unpopular. Back in the day, Henry David Thoreau raged at the robber barons-the big shots of their age, despoiling the environment in the name of progress. Deep in the throes of the seemingly unstoppable growth of tech, a modern-day Thoreau has emerged in the guise of Gerry McGovern-decrying the massive, hidden negative impacts of tech on the environment. McGovern has thoroughly documented in World Wide Waste how tech damages the Earth-and what we should be doing about it. It is not just the acres of discarded computer hardware conveniently dumped in Third World countries. Every time an email is downloaded it contributes to global warming. Every tweet, search, check of a webpage creates pollution. Digital is physical. Those data centers are not in the Cloud. They're on land in massive physical buildings packed full of computers hungry for energy. It seems invisible. It seems cheap and free. It's not. Digital costs the Earth.

The Waste Free World

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Author : Ron Gonen
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2021-04-06

The Waste Free World written by Ron Gonen and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-06 with Political Science categories.

The next revolution in business will provide for a sustainable future, from founder, CEO and circular economy expert Ron Gonen Our take-make-waste economy has cost consumers and taxpayers billions while cheating us out of a habitable planet. But it doesn’t have to be this way. The Waste-Free World makes a persuasive, forward-looking case for a circular economic model, a “closed-loop” system that wastes no natural resources. Entrepreneur, CEO and sustainability expert Ron Gonen argues that circularity is not only crucial for the planet but holds immense business opportunity. As the founder of an investment firm focused on the circular economy, Gonen reveals brilliant innovations emerging worldwide— “smart” packaging, robotics that optimize recycling, nutrient rich fabrics, technologies that convert food waste into energy for your home, and many more. Drawing on his experience in technology, business, and city government and interviews with leading entrepreneurs and top companies, he introduces a vital and growing movement. The Waste-Free World invites us all to take part in a sustainable and prosperous future where companies foster innovation, investors recognize long term value creation, and consumers can align their values with the products they buy.

Trash Talk

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Author : Michelle Mulder
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021

Trash Talk written by Michelle Mulder and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Refuse and refuse disposal categories.

"This illustrated book of nonfiction for middle-graders shows how people all over the world are working to keep our planet from drowning in a sea of garbage."--

Wealth Of The World S Waste Places And Oceania

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Author : Jewett C. Gilson
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-07-31

Wealth Of The World S Waste Places And Oceania written by Jewett C. Gilson and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-31 with Fiction categories.

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania" by Jewett C. Gilson. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Solid Waste Management In The World S Cities

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Author :
language : en
Publisher: UN-HABITAT
Release Date : 2010

Solid Waste Management In The World S Cities written by and has been published by UN-HABITAT this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Refuse and refuse disposal categories.

In our rapidly urbanizing global society, solid waste management will be a key challenge facing all the world's cities. This title provides a fresh perspective and data on one of the biggest issues in urban development.

What A Waste 2 0

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Author : Silpa Kaza
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2018-12-06

What A Waste 2 0 written by Silpa Kaza and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-06 with Science categories.

Solid waste management affects every person in the world. By 2050, the world is expected to increase waste generation by 70 percent, from 2.01 billion tonnes of waste in 2016 to 3.40 billion tonnes of waste annually. Individuals and governments make decisions about consumption and waste management that affect the daily health, productivity, and cleanliness of communities. Poorly managed waste is contaminating the world’s oceans, clogging drains and causing flooding, transmitting diseases, increasing respiratory problems, harming animals that consume waste unknowingly, and affecting economic development. Unmanaged and improperly managed waste from decades of economic growth requires urgent action at all levels of society. What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050 aggregates extensive solid aste data at the national and urban levels. It estimates and projects waste generation to 2030 and 2050. Beyond the core data metrics from waste generation to disposal, the report provides information on waste management costs, revenues, and tariffs; special wastes; regulations; public communication; administrative and operational models; and the informal sector. Solid waste management accounts for approximately 20 percent of municipal budgets in low-income countries and 10 percent of municipal budgets in middle-income countries, on average. Waste management is often under the jurisdiction of local authorities facing competing priorities and limited resources and capacities in planning, contract management, and operational monitoring. These factors make sustainable waste management a complicated proposition; most low- and middle-income countries, and their respective cities, are struggling to address these challenges. Waste management data are critical to creating policy and planning for local contexts. Understanding how much waste is generated—especially with rapid urbanization and population growth—as well as the types of waste generated helps local governments to select appropriate management methods and plan for future demand. It allows governments to design a system with a suitable number of vehicles, establish efficient routes, set targets for diversion of waste, track progress, and adapt as consumption patterns change. With accurate data, governments can realistically allocate resources, assess relevant technologies, and consider strategic partners for service provision, such as the private sector or nongovernmental organizations. What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050 provides the most up-to-date information available to empower citizens and governments around the world to effectively address the pressing global crisis of waste. Additional information is available at http://www.worldbank.org/what-a-waste.

The World S Scavengers

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Author : Martin Medina
language : en
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Release Date : 2007-05-03

The World S Scavengers written by Martin Medina and has been published by Rowman Altamira this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-03 with Nature categories.

Medina tells us that up to 2% of the urban population in developing countries survives by salvaging materials from waste for recycling, which represents up to 64 million scavengers in the world today. Despite these numbers, we know little about the impact of scavenging on global capitalism development. The author examines its historical evolution and its linkages with formal and informal sector productive activities in capitalist and non-capitalist societies, in case studies from Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Egypt, the Philippines, and India. His new book radically alters popular perceptions on scavenging, demonstrating that many widely-held beliefs are wrong: scavenging is not primarily the activity of the poor nor is it a strictly marginal activity; the economic impact of scavenging is significant and can increase industrial competitiveness; and scavenging can be compatible with a sustainable waste management system. Scavenging represents an adaptive response to poverty, yet at the same time it can be a resource to cities, whose contributions should be recognized and understood.

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