Beschreibung:
Consumers are not usually incorporated into the sociological concept of 'division of labour', but using the case of household recycling, this book shows why this foundational concept needs to be revised.
1. Picking a way through rubbish2. Consumers as workers in economies of waste3. Environmentally regimented rubbish: recycling systems in Sweden4. Market and state heterogeneity: recycling systems in England5. The three stages of recycling consumption work6. Comparing recycling consumption work7. Moral economies of recycling8. Living off tips: waste and recycling in Brazil and India9. Varieties of recycling work