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Dr. Michael Johansson
Department of Service Management and Service Studies, Lund University, Campus Helsingborg, PO Box 882, SE-251 08 Helsingborg, Sweden

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Journal article
Published: 26 March 2020 in Sustainability
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Waste is a valuable commodity and remains a livelihood source for waste pickers in the global South. Waste to Energy (WtoE) is often described as alternative to landfilling, as it provides cheap fuel while making waste disappear. In some European cities, this method has evolved into an impediment, slowing down the adoption of more sustainable technologies and waste prevention. These plants typically strain municipal budgets and provide fewer jobs than recycling and composting, thereby inhibiting the development of small-scale local recycling businesses. We applied the idea of ‘waste regime’ with an interdisciplinary and situated lens to provide insights to the following questions: How do different political developments in Brazil and Sweden, frame and reframe waste incineration and energy recovery, in the context of sustainability and waste management on local, regional and national levels? What forms of resistance against WtoE exist and what are the arguments of these protagonists? We evaluated the impact of WtoE and compare it with other waste management options with regard to CO2 balances and general environmental and social impacts. We conclude by suggesting more socially and environmentally appropriate ways of waste management, particularly for the context of global South cities.

ACS Style

Jutta Gutberlet; Torleif Bramryd; Michael Johansson. Expansion of the Waste-Based Commodity Frontier: Insights from Sweden and Brazil. Sustainability 2020, 12, 2628 .

AMA Style

Jutta Gutberlet, Torleif Bramryd, Michael Johansson. Expansion of the Waste-Based Commodity Frontier: Insights from Sweden and Brazil. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (7):2628.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Jutta Gutberlet; Torleif Bramryd; Michael Johansson. 2020. "Expansion of the Waste-Based Commodity Frontier: Insights from Sweden and Brazil." Sustainability 12, no. 7: 2628.