Economic rationalism or administrative rationalism? Curbside collection systems in Sweden and Japan
| Autor: | Wakana Takahashi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Waste sorting
Public economics Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment 020209 energy Strategy and Management Circular economy 05 social sciences 02 engineering and technology Consumer awareness Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Incentive Economic rationalism 050501 criminology 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Mainstream Systems thinking Business Norm (social) 0505 law General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Cleaner Production. 242:118288 |
| ISSN: | 0959-6526 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118288 |
| Popis: | Sweden and Japan are environmental leaders in their regions; however, Sweden has shown much better performance in the development of a circular economy. This paper suggests that different environmental discourses between the two countries help explain this gap. An actor-discourse analysis was conducted, taking the case of curbside collection systems. Results show that in Sweden, producers have physical and financial responsibility for collection and recycling while municipalities are responsible for planning and providing information. Economic incentives are well considered, and easy waste sorting at home is a shared norm, fostering systematic improvement of curbside collection systems and drastically increasing recycling rates. In Japan, in contrast, producers address recycling, municipalities do collection, and consumers cover sorting. The necessity of promoting consumer awareness of recycling is broadly accepted, but systematic thinking has not been introduced; as a result, primitive curbside collection systems remain mainstream in Japan, and it is not easy to sort waste at home. Thus, Sweden has favored economic rationalism while Japan administrative rationalism and, the former has been more effective. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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