We outline the frameworks that shape and hold apart waste debates in and about the Global North and Global South and that hinder analysis of flows between them. Typically, waste is addressed as municipal waste, resulting in a focus on domestic consumption and urban governance and an emphasis on...

„Das Buch zeigt nicht nur die Vorzüge des globalen Handels und die daraus folgenden Herausforderungen für unsere Welt und deren Klima leicht verständlich auf, sondern auch Wege, wie moderne Technologien und das Umdenken in Circular Economies den Wohlstand sichern und mehren können.“...

Background: Global environmental and social research strengthens the protection of people and the environment, develops national capacity for social and environmental management and enables significant progress in terms of transparency, accountability, nondiscrimination and public participation....

E-waste recycling and the better collection of e-waste are two of the most important strategies for the implementation of the circular economy and the reduce-reuse-recycle paradigm envisaged by the EU and UNDP. Since the rate of e-waste recycling is one of the most important indicators of the...