Solid waste recycling in the Netherlands: ethnography of the circular economy
Cornelia Eckert,
Carmen Silvia de Moraes Rial
Abstract:The theme of this article is the recycling of solid waste as a dynamic process for the circular economy. We approach classic and recent studies that consider the contradictions in the industrial and so-called modern world regarding the exhaustion of abusive consumption practices to the environment. We present an ethnographic study developed in the Netherlands, focusing on a case study in Zaandam in 2019 and a study with recycling companies in 2021. In our ethnography with companies, we started with questions a… Show more
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