| Title | A defense of waste: the case of municipal food recycling in Sweden |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 5267 |
| Authors | Abrahamsson, S |
| Title | A defense of waste: the case of municipal food recycling in Sweden |
| Year | 2023 |
| Published | Environmental Sociology, 9, 1 |
| Abstract | This article is an empirical analysis of food waste management and food recycling in Sweden. Currently, across Sweden, attempts are being made to achieve a circular economy whereby food wastes are transformed into resources. Food waste is used to produce biogas and bio fertilizer, and the enactment of food waste as a resource turns the waste into a raw material over which waste management organizations compete. Against this backdrop, the article interferes with research in 'waste studies' that highlight transformation of waste into something valuable, and proposes instead to 'defend' waste against the CE. The paper contributes to 'waste studies' and research on the circular economy by cautioning about the risks involved both in the establishment of a circular economy, and the treatment of waste as valuable. The empirical material used draws on a research project in which interviews were carried out with 'waste workers' in Swedish waste management organizations. |
| https://doi.org/10.1080/23251042.2022.2124622 |
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