Europe's Disappearing Waste: Unanticipated Conflicts Between Removal and Greening

Through ethnographic research conducted among landfill workers and waste pickers, Europe's Disappearing Waste explores the inner workings of the Czech waste management system that is underpinned by the belief that waste should disappear. Waste streams give rise to underflows that provide opportunities for those who refuse to be passive witnesses of disposal and loss of value. The normative assumptions about market-based solutions and techno-optimism in waste management are called into question, directing attention to the commitment to salvage that provides an alternative way of relating to waste.

Author: Daniel Sosna
Binding Type: Library Binding
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 07/15/2026
Series: New Anthropologies of Europe: Perspectives and Provocations
Pages: 214
Weight: 1lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781836955511