The waste of the world consumption, economies and the making of the global waste problem - Gregson, Nicky 1958- (Bristol University Press, 2024)
The global waste problem and how to think about it : or, how to understand the 'too much waste' problem -- Discard, social order and social life : or, discard is foundational to understanding waste -- Consumption, consumer practices and consumer discard : or, how consumer discard relates to economies -- Conduits, value regimes and valuation : or, following consumers' discarded things -- Recommodifying discard : or, the challenges of turning discard into an economic good -- Waste, money and finance : or, how turning discard into waste turns waste into an energy resource and an asset -- Future directions : or, rewiring waste through the three Ds (decarbonization, digital and discard). - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Jan 2024)