Zero-Waste

Name: Zero-Waste
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Zero-WasteReconsidering Waste Management for the Future\nAuthor(s): Atiq Zaman, Tahmina Ahsan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138219083, 978-1138219083\nSynopsis\nThis book analyses zero-waste (ZW) as an emerging waste management strategy for the future, which considers waste prevention through innovative design and sustainable consumption practices. \n\nDrawing on a diverse range of case studies from Australia, Bangladesh, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden, and the USA, this book explores why urban waste management systems still remain a major challenge for almost all cities around the world. Rejecting waste as an end-of-life problem, Atiq Zaman and Tahmina Ahsan instead consider waste prevention through the ZW model, in which resources are utilized and consumed with minimum environmental degradation. In addition, the authors give extended discussion on why embracing the ZW concept will be beneficial for the circular .