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OverviewIs it possible for individuals to tackle waste by recycling, reusing and reducing alone? This provocative book critically analyses the widespread assumption that individuals and households have created our global waste crisis. Sociologist and waste expert Myra J. Hird reveals neoliberal capitalism’s fallacy of infinite growth as the real culprit, and demonstrates how industry and local governments work in tandem to deflect our attention away from the real causes of our global waste problem. Hird offers crucial insights into the relations between waste and wider societal issues including ongoing (settler) colonialism, poverty, racism and sexism, and showcases how sociology may provide solutions through a ‘pubic imagination’ of waste. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Myra J. Hird (Myra J. Hird, Queen’s University)Publisher: Bristol University Press Imprint: Bristol University Press ISBN: 9781529206562ISBN 10: 1529206561 Pages: 158 Publication Date: 12 December 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Professional & Vocational , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. The Public Problem of Waste 2. Framing Waste 3. The Public Problem of Recycling 4. The Public Problem of Plastics 5. The Public Problem of PPE Waste and Being Prepared 6. A Public Sociology of WasteReviewsAuthor InformationMyra J. Hird is Professor in the School of Environmental Studies at Queen’s University in Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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