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Crossing the Threshold: Municipal Waste Policy and Household Waste Generation

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  • Harriet Bulkeley

    (Department of Geography, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, England)

  • Nicky Gregson

    (Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, England)

Abstract

This paper connects research on home-based consumption with research on waste policy and governance. We argue that, in order to meet the enhanced goals of waste reduction specified in Waste Strategy for England 2007 , UK municipal waste policy needs a far closer engagement with the household, the primary unit of consumption. Opening-up the ‘black box’ of the household, we show why the potential for achieving enhanced rates of materials diversion through recycling is limited in certain neighbourhoods. We demonstrate the potential for furthering waste reduction through the intensification of existing practices with the ‘arts of transience’, and by engaging with the lumpiness of household-waste generation. The paper considers the policy implications of these findings and offers a number of suggestions as to how such insights might be taken up within UK municipal waste policy.

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  • Harriet Bulkeley & Nicky Gregson, 2009. "Crossing the Threshold: Municipal Waste Policy and Household Waste Generation," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 41(4), pages 929-945, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:41:y:2009:i:4:p:929-945
    DOI: 10.1068/a40261
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    2. Massimo Canali & Pegah Amani & Lusine Aramyan & Manuela Gheoldus & Graham Moates & Karin Östergren & Kirsi Silvennoinen & Keith Waldron & Matteo Vittuari, 2016. "Food Waste Drivers in Europe, from Identification to Possible Interventions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(1), pages 1-33, December.
    3. Bugge, Markus M. & Fevolden, Arne Martin & Klitkou, Antje, 2019. "Governance for system optimization and system change: The case of urban waste," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(4), pages 1076-1090.
    4. Davide Longato & Giulia Lucertini & Michele Dalla Fontana & Francesco Musco, 2019. "Including Urban Metabolism Principles in Decision-Making: A Methodology for Planning Waste and Resource Management," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-19, April.

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