The unsustainable production and consumption patterns leading to a problem with waste management require technical and administrative solution on a local, regional or national level. Efforts may be challenged by processes of globalisation and international politics. The author discusses the...

This paper critically discusses the worldview that technology can solve any problem regarding waste. A focus on technological fix may lead to an increase in problems in the future. The author argues that we might benefit from a cultural analysis of our notions of cleanliness and dirt, purity and...

The following contribution is essentially based on the author's presentation to the Club of Rome's recently held world conference on "Alternatives to Growth". Dealing with the concept of waste management and its economic and social implications it is meant to stimulate the debate on the limits...