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The waste business smells of money

Recycling is good for the environment, but it costs. Is it worth it?

Environmental worries have transformed the waste industry, says Edward McBride. But governments’ policies remain largely incoherent.

This study is the largest and most comprehensive international review of LCA work on key materials that are often collected for recycling – paper/cardboard, plastics, aluminium, steel, glass, wood and aggregates. Of several hundred studies that were screened, 55 ‘state-of-the-art’ LCAs were selected for detailed review, comprising over 200 different …

Environmental worries have transformed the waste industry, says Edward McBride. But governments’ policies remain largely incoherent.

The anthropology of garbage

The anthropology of garbage

Trash goes high-tech

Trash goes high-tech

Trash goes high-tech