Chapter 10 The politics of waste, consumption and sustainability in the republic of Ireland

Abstract

Grotesque wasting has been, and is, generated in a series of spatial levels or scales and in association with accelerated growth rates. A key political challenge for environmental sustainability in the approaching post–consumerist phase of globalisation is to innovate, plan and implement a fresh waste future as part of the wider evolving green revolution. This challenge of addressing the structures and practices of wasting can only be pursued through a multiplex response in production, governance, consumption patterns, scientific advances, national mindset and personal attitudes.

Citation

Honor Fagan, G. (2010), "Chapter 10 The politics of waste, consumption and sustainability in the republic of Ireland", Leonard, L. and Barry, J. (Ed.) Global Ecological Politics (Advances in Ecopolitics, Vol. 5), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 221-240. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2041-806X(2010)0000005014