Vital Waste Graphics 2

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Contents

PRODUCTION 8–9

Mountains of altered rock, lakes of gleaming liquids (Mining waste)

10–11

No energy without waste (Energy production waste) The big waste factory (Manufacturing waste)

12–13

DISTRIBUTION 14–15

The packaging nightmare (Packaging waste) Message ’round a bottle (Bottled water case study)

16–17

CONSUMPTION 18–19

Consumption worlds (Consumption worldwide) The relativity of basic needs (New trends in consumption)

20–21

DISPOSAL 22–23

Counting the bins (Household waste and other categories) Dump, bury or burn? (Waste management) A model for waste processing? (Case study from Heftingsdalen, Norway) Creative alternatives (Case studies from Curitiba and London) Recycling – the right choice? (Reusing/Recycling) Discarding mastodons (Ships, planes and other hyperbulk waste) Official waste trade routes (Official waste trade) Crime industry diversifying (Illicit waste trafficking + The Abidjan incident)

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International mobilisation Waste definitions and legislation

References and bibliography List of maps and graphics