Waste to energy, wasting resources and livelihoods
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2011
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Gutberlet, Jutta
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InTech
Abstract
Not recovering the material embedded in solid waste means wasting resources and thus reinforcing the pressure to further extract natural resources for the manufacturing of new products. Industrial ecology, life cycle analysis, material flow analysis, ecological footprint and other approaches and concepts have long ago already demonstrated the necessity and possibilities of reintegrating recyclable materials into production flows, reducing the waste of resources and thus sparing the environment. Far too often however, business is done as usual and the status quo of production and consumption is not altered significantly.
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Gutberlet, J. (2011). Waste to energy, wasting resources and livelihoods. In S. Kumar (Ed.), Integrated waste management, Volume I (pp 219–236). InTech. https://doi.org/10.5772/17195