| Zero-Waste: Reconsidering Waste Management for the Future Contributor(s): Zaman, Atiq (Author), Ahsan, Tahmina (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138219088 ISBN-13: 9781138219083 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $133.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Sustainable Development - Political Science | Public Policy - Environmental Policy - Nature | Ecology |
| Dewey: 628.4 |
| LCCN: 2019033579 |
| Series: Routledge Studies in Waste Management and Policy |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.12 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |