TY - JOUR

T1 - The dustbin

T2 - A study of domestic waste, household practices and utility services

AU - Chappells, Heather

AU - Shove, Elizabeth

PY - 1999/6/1

Y1 - 1999/6/1

N2 - Although an intrinsic part of our everyday routines, the dustbin's role as a mediator of changing waste practices has rarely been considered. As bins become reconfigured as environmental technologies for contemporary recycling programmes, is argued that they provide a revealing indicator of new waste relationships in society. These emerging relationships are explored by tracing through a number of past and present bin technologies, showing how they represent changing waste meanings, practices and responsibilities. The future of the bin and how adopting a bin-centred approach can help researchers and planners reconceptualize waste 'problems' and so reconsider waste management strategies are speculated upon.

AB - Although an intrinsic part of our everyday routines, the dustbin's role as a mediator of changing waste practices has rarely been considered. As bins become reconfigured as environmental technologies for contemporary recycling programmes, is argued that they provide a revealing indicator of new waste relationships in society. These emerging relationships are explored by tracing through a number of past and present bin technologies, showing how they represent changing waste meanings, practices and responsibilities. The future of the bin and how adopting a bin-centred approach can help researchers and planners reconceptualize waste 'problems' and so reconsider waste management strategies are speculated upon.

U2 - 10.1080/13563479908721739

DO - 10.1080/13563479908721739

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:0033402107

VL - 4

SP - 267

EP - 280

JO - International Planning Studies

JF - International Planning Studies

SN - 1356-3475

IS - 2

ER -