03783oam 22006854a 450 99630907670331620230807183456.090-485-4287-110.1515/9789048542871(CKB)4100000008343231(OCoLC)1103711149(MdBmJHUP)muse78671(WaSeSS)IndRDA00120539(DE-B1597)532974(DE-B1597)9789048542871(MiAaPQ)EBC6637677(Au-PeEL)EBL6637677(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/36313(MiAaPQ)EBC30793570(Au-PeEL)EBL30793570(EXLCZ)99410000000834323120190117d2019 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBeijing GarbageA City Besieged by Waste /Stefan Landsberger1st ed.AmsterdamAmsterdam University Press2019Amsterdam :Amsterdam University Press,[2019]©[2019]1 online resource (232 pages) illustrations ;Consumption and sustainability in Asia ;2Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Table Of Contents --Introduction --1 Setting The Scene - From Imperial To Present-Day Beijing --2 The Circular Economy In China --3 The Human Factor - Garbage Producers --4 The Human Factor - Garbage Pickers --5 Educating The People --6 NGOs And Other Voluntary Environmental Groups --7 The Politics Of Incineration --8 Breaking The Waste Siege --Appendix - Questionnaires Used For Research In 2017 --Bibliography --IndexWhy do central and local government initiatives aiming to curb the proliferation of garbage in Beijing and its disposal continue to be unsuccessful? Is the Uberization of waste picking through online-to-offline (O2O) garbage retrieval companies able to decrease waste and improve the lives of waste pickers? Most citizens of Beijing are well aware of the fact that their city is besieged by waste. Yet instead of taking individual action, they sit and wait for the governments at various levels to tell them what to do. And even if/when they adopt a proactive position, this does not last. Official education drives targeting the consumers are organized regularly and with modest success, but real solutions are not forthcoming. Various environmental non-governmental organizations are at work to raise the level of consciousness of the population, to change individual attitudes towards wasteful behavior, but seemingly with little overall effects.Consumption and sustainability in Asia ;2.AbfallgndRefuse and refuse disposalManagementfast(OCoLC)fst01092937Refuse and refuse disposalGovernment policyfast(OCoLC)fst01092922Refuse and refuse disposalChinaBeijingManagementRefuse and refuse disposalGovernment policyChinaBeijingPekinggndChinagndChinaBeijingfastBeijing - Garbage - Circular Economy - Waste Pickers.AbfallRefuse and refuse disposalManagement.Refuse and refuse disposalGovernment policy.Refuse and refuse disposalManagement.Refuse and refuse disposalGovernment policy363.72/80951156Landsberger Stefan976918MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK996309076703316Beijing Garbage2288374UNISA