Contested Waste Environmental Conflicts Waste Picker Resistance in Global South

Contested Waste' examines socio-environmental conflicts involving waste pickers in the Global South, uncovering the systemic injustices that underpin contemporary waste policies.

About the author

Federico Demaria is an Associate Professor of ecological economics and political ecology at the University of Barcelona (Spain).
Daniele Vico is a researcher in political ecology and ecological economics at the University of Barcelona (Spain)
Lucia Fernández Gabard is the director of Organization and Representation Programme at WIEGO (Women Informal Employment, Globalizing and Organizing).

Product details

• Assisted by: Demaria Federico (Editor), Daniele Vico (Editor), Lucía Fernández Gabard (Editor)
• Authors: Federico Vico Demaria
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 25.07.2025
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics
• EAN: 9781032742816
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3274281-6
• Pages: 334
• Series: Routledge Studies in Political Ecology
• Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, NATURE / Ecology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Environmental Economics, Environmental factors, Pollution & threats to the environment, Environmental Management, Social impact of environmental issues, Environmental policy & protocols, Human Geography, Regional Geography, Pollution and threats to the environment, Business and the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business, Business & the environment, 'Green' approaches to business, Environmental policy and protocols, MEDICAL / Environmental Health, Global South / Developing countries, capital accumulation theory, privatisation impacts, informal sector livelihoods, urban marginalisation, grassroots environmental activism, waste-to-energy critique, environmental justice conflicts global south