We outline the frameworks that shape and hold apart waste debates in and about the Global
North and Global South and that hinder analysis of flows between them. Typically, waste is …

Discard studies have demonstrated that waste is more than just a symptom of an all-too-
human demand for meaning or a merely technical problem for sanitary engineers and public …

Heightened concerns about long-term sustainability have of late enlivened debates around
the circular economy (CE). Defined as a series of restorative and regenerative industrial …

Electronic waste (e-waste) is thought to be the fastest growing segment of the overall solid
waste stream in many countries. Between 2003 and 2010 more than half of all Canadian …

In the context of broad-based concerns about the need to move towards a more sustainable
materials economy, particularly as they are expressed in debates around Ecological …

The paper contributes to the recent geographical debates on the connection between
dispossession and informality. Existing scholarship recognises that informality is an integral …

Although it is a widely existing phenomenon in the countries of the Global South, waste
picking is increasingly visible in the cities of the North, although it remains under …

Waste is a valuable commodity and remains a livelihood source for waste pickers in the
global South. Waste to Energy (WtoE) is often described as alternative to landfilling, as it …

The role of urban regions in action on reducing greenhouse gas emissions has become
increasingly central to global urban governance over the past 20 years and particularly after …

Solid waste is a major urban challenge worldwide and decisions over which technologies or
methods to apply can have beneficial or detrimental long-term consequences. Inappropriate …