Bell, K. and Sweeting, D. (2013) Waste collection as an environmental justice issue: a case study of a neighbourhood in Bristol, UK. In: Zapata, M. J. and Hall, M. (eds.) Organising Waste in the City: International Perspectives on Narratives and Practices. Policy Press: Bristol, pp. 201-223. ISBN 9781447306375 (doi: 10.51952/9781447306382.ch011)
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Abstract
This chapter, based on narratives of waste and recycling in a disadvantaged neighbourhood in Bristol, UK, provides evidence of unequal and unjust burdens faced by deprived communities in relation to waste collection services. The chapter unfolds the concept of environmental justice and gives examples of how it has been linked to waste, also within the broader context of waste policy in the UK. The chapter discusses how waste recycling policies can come at a cost to some of the households least able to bear it in cities in the global north. It also describes how pressure on households, rather than business, is a result of a policy framework that favours recycling, rather than reduction of waste
Item Type: | Book Sections |
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Status: | Published |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Bell, Dr Karen |
Authors: | Bell, K., and Sweeting, D. |
College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Urban Studies |
Publisher: | Policy Press |
ISBN: | 9781447306375 |
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