Trabalhos Técnicos

This survey has been co-produced by Veolia Environmental Services, world number 2 in waste management, and CyclOpe, the leading European research institute for the raw materials and commodities markets. It was written by Elisabeth Lacoste, agriculturist and doctor of economics and Philippe Chalmin, professor at the Université Paris-Dauphine and president …

The waste business smells of money

The anthropology of garbage

Managing waste properly is expensive, which is why rich countries mostly do it better than poor ones

This survey has been co-produced by Veolia Environmental Services, world number 2 in waste management, and CyclOpe, the leading European research institute for the raw materials and commodities markets. It was written by Elisabeth Lacoste, agriculturist and doctor of economics and Philippe Chalmin, professor at the Université Paris-Dauphine and president …

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

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 …

The waste business smells of money

At least 267 different species are known to have suffered from entanglement or ingestion of marine debris including seabirds, turtles, seals, sea lions, whales and fish. The scale of contamination of the marine environment by plastic debris is vast. It is found floating in all the world’s oceans, everywhere from …

The waste business smells of money