Plastic Waste Trade : A New Colonialist Means of Pollution Transfer Hardback
Edited by Sedat Gundogdu
Hardback
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This contributed volume takes a holistic view of the international waste trade and in doing so argues that the transfer of plastic waste from mainly Global North to primarily Global South countries constitutes a form of 21st Century colonialism.
The book first describes the history of the plastic waste trade, from toxic disasters in the 1970s and 1980s through the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal in 1989 through China’s 2018 implementation of a “National Sword” policy that effectively banned importation of plastic waste.
From there, the authors explore both the legal trade in plastic waste and the underground illegal trade in waste, arguing that both lead to devastating impacts on ecosystems, workers, and communities in receiving countries and highlighting how countries that receive waste are often less equipped to process it than the countries that export waste.
The last section of the book presents cases from countrieson the receiving end of the plastic waste trade, highlighting inherent problems from sociological and environmental justice perspectives.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:312 pages, 57 Illustrations, color; 9 Illustrations, black and white; X, 312 p. 66 illus., 57 illus.
- Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
- Publication Date:01/03/2024
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- ISBN:9783031513572
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:312 pages, 57 Illustrations, color; 9 Illustrations, black and white; X, 312 p. 66 illus., 57 illus.
- Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
- Publication Date:01/03/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9783031513572
