A Public Sociology of Waste

Front Cover -- Series -- A Public Sociology Of Waste -- Copyright Information -- Table Of Contents -- List Of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Series Editors' Preface -- 1 The Public Problem Of Waste -- Introduction -- The Public Sociology Of Waste -- Studying Waste Issues And The Public Sociology Of Waste In Brief -- 2 Framing Waste -- Introduction -- The Problem Of Amplification: Framing Waste As An Individual Responsibility -- Framing Waste As Resource: Now You See It, Now You Don't -- Framing Waste As A Social Justice Issue Framing Waste As A Public Problem: Resisting The Techno-fix And Reframing The Amplification -- 3 The Public Problem Of Recycling -- Introduction -- Making Consumers Responsible For Our Global Waste Problem -- Landfilling -- Incineration -- Recycling -- Recycling's Profit Margin -- The Negative Environmental Impacts Of Using Recycled Materials -- Recycling Creates Waste -- A Lot Of Materials Cannot Be Recycled -- Recycling Does Not Decrease Extraction -- The Environmental Costs Of Transporting Recycling -- The Low-value Limit -- Externalizing Recycling Costs To Consumers The Moral Economy Of Recycling As A Public Problem -- 4 The Public Problem Of Plastics -- Introduction -- The Promise Of Plastics -- The Plastics Tide Turned -- Oil By Any Other Name: Plastics Recycling And The Green Energy Plan -- Conclusions: Framing Plastics Recycling As An Environmental Good -- 5 The Public Problem Of Ppe Waste And Being Prepared -- Introduction -- Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum (if You Want Peace, Prepare For War) -- Properly Masked And Drenched In Purell -- I've Already Been In This Movie -- Conclusion: An Ounce Of Prevention Is Worth A Pound Of Cure 6 A Public Sociology Of Waste -- Introduction -- 'the Trouble With Normal Is It Always Gets Worse' -- Towards A Public Sociology Of Waste -- Phase 1: Placentas Are Waste -- Phase 2: Placentas Are Not Waste -- Phase 3: Expertise And Placenta Rehabilitation -- Phase 4: Placental Research As Moral Imperative -- Appendix -- Phase 1: Placentas Are Waste -- Phase 2: Placentas Are Not Waste -- Phase 3: Expertise And Placenta Rehabilitation -- Phase 4: Placental Research As Moral Imperative -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Back Cover Myra J. Hird. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.