The business of waste : Great Britain and Germany, 1945 to the present

The business of waste : Great Britain and Germany, 1945 to the present / Raymond G. Stokes, University of Glasgow, Roman Koster, Bundeswehr University, Munich, Stephen C. Sambrook, University of Glasgow.

"The advent of consumer societies in the United Kingdom and West Germany after 1945 led to the mass "production" of garbage. This book compares the social, cultural, and economic fallout of the growing volume and changing composition of waste in the two countries from 1945 to the pres...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stokes, Raymond G.
Other Authors: Köster, Roman, 1975-, Sambrook, Stephen C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Refuse and refuse disposal > Great Britain > History.
Refuse and refuse disposal > Germany > History.
Recycling (Waste, etc.) > Great Britain > History.
Recycling (Waste, etc.) > Germany > History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Recycling (Waste, etc.)
Refuse and refuse disposal
Germany
Great Britain
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Establishing (and reestablishing) an industry : waste services in the United Kingdom and Germany from the late nineteenth century to the 1950s
  • Rationalization measures
  • Salvage and the industry
  • The waste flood
  • Politicizing household waste : from public helath nuisance to environmental pollutant
  • Coping with the crisis
  • Framing waste : measurement, regulation, and legislation in the 1980s
  • The waste management indsutry since 1990
  • summary, conclusions, and reflectsions.

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