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Domestic Waste Management in Ireland - the Journey Towards Financialization

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  • Quinn, Martin
  • Feeney, Orla

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Successive Irish government policies followed a neoliberal approach and domestic waste services have been transformed to such an extent that in early 2021, one company was valued at over €1 billion. The last three decades has seen domestic waste services in the Ireland evolve from a public service to one delivered entirely by the private sector. The journey to this system has had many policy twists and the outcome of the journey is a domestic waste market, with some very large and profitable companies. This paper examines policy changes over time, outlining how Ireland's domestic waste services became financialized.

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  • Quinn, Martin & Feeney, Orla, 2022. "Domestic Waste Management in Ireland - the Journey Towards Financialization," QBS Working Paper Series 271266, Queen's University Belfast, Queen's Business School.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:qmsrps:271266
    DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4081062
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