| Title |
On a voyage of recovery: a review of the UK's resource recovery from waste infrastructure |
| ID_Doc |
24942 |
| Authors |
Purnell, P |
| Title |
On a voyage of recovery: a review of the UK's resource recovery from waste infrastructure |
| Year |
2019 |
| Published |
Sustainable And Resilient Infrastructure, 4, 1 |
| DOI |
10.1080/23789689.2017.1405654 |
| Abstract |
This paper presents an overview of the U.K.'s Resource Recovery from Waste (RRfW) infrastructure. It introduces the waste management sector and its evolution into a resource recovery industry supporting a circular economy, and analyses key public-domain sources to review existing and planned infrastructure investment, regulation, capacity and new technologies. Most commentators predict a gap between capacity and demand, partly because planned developments are heavily focused on energy recovery; this moves focus away from activities higher up the waste hierarchy. Chronic, pervasive data deficiencies, political uncertainties and fiscal issues are major barriers to the sustainable development of a sector with real potential to provide modern jobs and services at home and for export. Regulation of the sector via environmental agencies, rather than a dedicated regulator for resource conservation, reinforces a cultural focus on waste treatment rather than resource recovery. All these factors impede progress towards the professed goal of achieving a circular economy. |
| Author Keywords |
Waste; infrastructure; resource recovery; recycling; policy |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000469982400001 |
| WoS Category |
Engineering, Civil |
| Research Area |
Engineering |
| PDF |
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/23789689.2017.1405654?needAccess=true
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