Environmental Movements and Waste Infrastructure

As rates of consumption grow, so has the problem of waste management. National and local waste authorities seek to manage such problems through the implementation of state regulation and construction of waste infrastructure, including landfills and incinerators. These, however, are undertaken in a context of increasing supra-state regulatory frameworks and directives, and of increasing activity by multi-national corporations, and are increasingly contested by activists in the affected communities. Environmental Movements and Waste Infrastructure examines the structures of political opportunity that confront environmental movements that challenge the state or corporate sector. A series of case studies on collective action campaigns from the EU, US and Asia illuminate the similarities and differences between anti-incinerator protests within different states. Many contributions share a concern about cross-border or trans-national waste flows. Each case study looks beyond its initial local frame of reference and interrogate assumptions about NIMBYism or localism, demonstrating the wider linkages and networks established by both grassroots campaigns and state and multinational agencies. This book was previously published as a special issue of Environmental PoliticsRootes, Christopher is the author of 'Environmental Movements and Waste Infrastructure', published 2010 under ISBN 9780415458696 and ISBN 0415458692.