Organising Waste in the City: International Perspectives on Narratives and Practices

This book offers a critical perspective on the issue of organizing waste in cities, emphasizing the ways in which the notion of waste—and the narratives and discourses associated with it—have been socially constructed and the corresponding implications this has for waste governance and local wastehandling practices. It takes a broad approach to the ways in which the issue of waste is framed and brings together narratives from several diverse cities, uncovering the hidden stories of the urban waste landscape and connecting urban waste management to a host of social issues.