The exposure of rural communities to illegal waste dumping practices associated with the lack of or poor waste collection schemes prior to the closure of rural dumpsites under EU regulations and the role of collection efficiency afterward in reducing this critical environmental threat...

"The efficient use of natural resources is key to a sustainable economy, and yet the complexities of resource efficiency have not previously been studied in great depth. In this challenging book, the author proposes a major advance in our understanding of this topic by analysing resource...

1. A preliminary explanation of the paracommons -- 2. Main introduction and the scope of the book -- 3. On resource efficiency : multiple views -- 4. A framework of resource efficiency complexity -- 5. The liminal paracommons : efficiency and transitions -- 6. Distinctions between the commons...