Description
| Product ID: | 9781138219090 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Waste Management and Policy |
| Title: | Zero-Waste |
| Subtitle: | Reconsidering Waste Management for the Future |
| Authors: | Author: Atiq Zaman, Tahmina Ahsan |
| Page Count: | 216 |
| Subjects: | Development studies, Development studies, Sociology, Waste management, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Sociology, Waste management, Urban & municipal planning, Environmental science, engineering & technology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Drawing on a diverse range of case studies from the Australia, Bangladesh, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden and the USA, this book explores why urban waste management systems still remain a major challenge for almost all cities around the world. This book analyses ‘zero-waste’ (ZW) as an emerging waste management strategy for the future, which considers waste prevention through innovative design and sustainable consumption practices. Drawing on a diverse range of case studies from Australia, Bangladesh, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden, and the USA, this book explores why urban waste management systems still remain a major challenge for almost all cities around the world. Rejecting waste as an ‘end-of-life’ problem, Atiq Zaman and Tahmina Ahsan instead consider waste prevention through the ZW model, in which resources are utilized and consumed with minimum environmental degradation. In addition, the authors give extended discussion on why embracing the ZW concept will be beneficial for the circular economy (CE). Providing a strategic zero-waste framework and an evaluation tool to measure waste management performance aimed towards ZW goals, this book will be of great relevance to students, scholars, and policymakers with an interest in waste management, sustainable consumption, urban planning, and sustainable development. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-12-03 |
