Full Description
Through ethnographic research conducted among landfill workers and waste pickers, Europe's Disappearing Waste explores the inner workings of the Czech waste management system that is underpinned by the belief that waste should disappear. Waste streams give rise to underflows that provide opportunities for those who refuse to be passive witnesses of disposal and loss of value. The normative assumptions about market-based solutions and techno-optimism in waste management are called into question, directing attention to the commitment to salvage that provides an alternative way of relating to waste.
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Preface
Introduction
Chapter1. Knowledge Growth
Chapter 2. Underflows of Waste Streams
Chapter 3. Circular Disappearance of Wastewater
Chapter 4. Life on the Margins
Chapter 5. Places of Disappearance
Conclusions
Epilogue
References
