Beijing garbage : a city besieged by waste / Stefan Landsberger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Landsberger, Stefan, author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Consumption and sustainability in Asia ; 2.

Consumption and sustainability in Asia ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refuse and refuse disposal--Government policy--China--Beijing.

Refuse and refuse disposal.

Refuse and refuse disposal--China--Beijing--Management.

Management.

Refuse and refuse disposal--Government policy.

China--Beijing.

Physical Description:

232 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2019]

Summary:

Why do central and local government initiatives aiming to curb the proliferation of garbage in Beijing and its disposal continue to be unsuccessful? Is the Uberization of waste picking through online-to-offline (O2O) garbage retrieval companies able to decrease waste and improve the lives of waste pickers? Most citizens of Beijing are well aware of the fact that their city is besieged by waste. Yet instead of taking individual action, they sit and wait for the governments at various levels to tell them what to do. And even if/when they adopt a proactive position, this does not last. Official education drives targeting the consumers are organized regularly and with modest success, but real solutions are not forthcoming. Various environmental non-governmental organizations are at work to raise the level of consciousness of the population, to change individual attitudes towards wasteful behavior, but seemingly with little overall effects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9789463720304

9463720308

OCLC:

1081432451