Waste Management and Sustainable Consumption

Reflections on consumer waste
Herausgeber: Ekström, Karin M.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The accelerated pace of global consumption over the past decades has meant that governments across the world are now faced with significant challenges in dealing with the dramatically increased volume of waste. While research on waste management has previously focused on finding technological solutions to the problem, this book uniquely examines the social and cultural views of waste, shedding new light on the topic by emphasising the consumer perspective throughout. Drawing on a wide variety of disciplines including environmental, economic, social and cultural theories, the book presents philosophical reflections, practical examples and potential solutions to the problem of increasing waste. It analyses and compares case studies from countries such as Sweden, Japan, the USA, India, Nigeria and Qatar, bringing out valuable insights for the international community and generating a critical discussion on how we can move towards a more sustainable society. This book will be of great interest to post-graduate students and researchers in environmental policy, waste management, social marketing and consumer behaviour, as well as policymakers and practitioners in consumer issues and business.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9781138797260
• ISBN-10: 113879726X
• Artikelnr.: 41239528

Autorenporträt

Karin M. Ekström is Professor of Marketing at the University of Borås, Sweden. Her research interests are the meaning(s) of consumption, sustainable consumption, consumers' relations with artefacts, collecting, consumer socialization and family consumption. Current research projects involve culinary tourism and market orientation of art museums.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Karin M. Ekström Part 1: Consumption and Waste 1. Recycling
the Home: the Constant Flow of Domestic Stuff, Emotions and Routines Orvar
Löfgren 2. The Curse of the New: How the Accelerating Pursuit of the New is
Driving Hyper-Consumption Colin Campbell 3. Thinking Waste Sociologically
Paul Hewer Part 2: Managing Waste 4. Factors Affecting Development of Waste
Management: Experiences from Different Cultures Mohammad Taherzadeh and
Karthik Rajendran 5. Waste Prevention Action Nets Hervé Corvellec and
Barbara Czarniawska 6. Curbside Cartographies in an Urban Food-Waste
Composting Program John W. Schouten, Diane M. Martin and Jack S. Tillotson
7. Cloth Loop: An Attempt to Construct an Actor-Network Eva Gustafsson,
Daniel Hjelmgren and Barbara Czarniawska Part 3: Socio-Cultural Views on
Waste 8. Exploring Food Waste Through the Lens of Social Practice Theories:
Some Reflections on Eating as a Compound Practice Dale Southerton and Luke
Yates 9. Environmental Consumer Socialization Among Generation Swing and Y:
A Study of Clothing Consumption Karin M. Ekström, Daniel Hjelmgren and
Nicklas Salomonson 10. Unpacking Corporate Sustainability: Sustainable
Communication, Waste and the 3Rs in a Network Society Pierre McDonagh and
Andrea Prothero Part 4: Preventing Waste 11. Upcycling of Pre-Consumer
Waste: Opportunities and Barriers in the Furniture and Clothing Industries
Daniel Hjelmgren, Nicklas Salomonson and Karin M. Ekström 12.
Post-Ownership Sustainability Russell Belk 13. Supplementing the
Conventional 3R Waste Hierarchy: Considering the Role of Carbon Rationing
Maurie J. Cohen 14. Afterword Richard Wilk