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The waste business smells of money

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.

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

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

The anthropology of garbage

The waste business smells of money

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

Trash goes high-tech