| Title | The economy that runs on waste: accumulation in the circular city |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 5588 |
| Authors | Savini, F |
| Title | The economy that runs on waste: accumulation in the circular city |
| Year | 2019 |
| Published | Journal Of Environmental Policy & Planning, 21, 6 |
| Abstract | Conventional wisdom holds that the circular economy will provide a sustainable pathway to economic growth. Advocates of circularity insist that maintaining economic growth, while simultaneously reducing both inputs of materials and outputs of waste, entails closing material streams in cities. This article examines the roots and legacy of these prescriptions in environmental policymaking. It argues that the circular economy represents a regime of eco-accumulation in which waste is main resource of production and consumption. Focusing on the legacy of circular economy policies in the Netherlands and Amsterdam, the article provides an account of the building of a nationwide green-growth urban agenda underpinned by the valorization of waste. It dissects three social, economic, and institutional processes and factors through which circularity takes shape: (a) the reconfiguration of the multi-level structure through which waste processing has been governed; (b) the promotion of a city-regional economy of micro-logistics and industrial manufacturing for waste materials; and (c) the centrality of households in producing and consuming waste in the urban environment. The article concludes by questioning the limits of an economy dependent on waste. |
| https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/1523908X.2019.1670048?needAccess=true |
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