What is Waste that We Should Account for it? A Look Inside Queensland's Ecological Rucksack
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5877252 |
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| Authors | Laurence Knight (Queensland University of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 422-433 |
| Publication date | 2009-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1745-5863 • E-ISSN: 1745-5871 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2009.00595.x |
| OpenAlex | W2149549704 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
While most Australians are conscious of the amount of waste that they place in garbage bins, relatively few would be aware of the waste that is generated in the course of producing the goods and services that they consume. This 'embodied waste' makes up a large part of the 'ecological rucksack' of those goods and services.This study develops a waste account for Queensland, using the ecological rucksack framework to illustrate patterns of waste production in the Australian economy. It classifies wastes both by type and broad sector of production.The study finds that the Queensland economy generated more than four billion tonnes of waste during the 2006-2007 financial year. The largest waste streams are produced at the resource extraction and distribution stages, and are predominantly materials that are disposed of without being used or are lost through inefficient use. The majority of the waste is produced upstream of the point of consumption and a large part is associated with materials produced for export
Business · Cleaner production · Economics · Economy · Garbage · Geography · Goods and services · Municipal solid waste · Natural resource economics · Social science · Sociology · Waste management · Computer Science · Engineering · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Mining and Resource Management · Municipal Solid Waste Management
| Highly cited | No |
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