Abstract
organizations that already facilitate the circulation of materials through
society can be neglected. Indeed, the social enterprise sector may currently
be more significant than the commercial waste management sector in facilitating the circular economy within Australia. Drawing on interviews
with organizations involved in collecting and reprocessing used electronics
and scrap metal in Australia, the authors detail some of the synergies and
tensions between the social enterprises and commercial organizations that
have emerged as recycling gains traction through government policy and
various forms of product stewardship. The authors conclude with suggestions
for policy and governance approaches most likely to facilitate productive
and perhaps symbiotic relationships between the two sectors in
the future.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Unmaking Waste |
| Editors | Robert Crocker |
| Publisher | Emerald |
| Chapter | 8 |
| Pages | 133-147 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 20 Mar 2017 |
Keywords
- waste
- recycling
- reuse
- circular economy
- Social enterprise
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What role for the social enterprises in the circular economy? / Lane, Ruth; Gumley, Wayne Stephen.
Unmaking Waste. ed. / Robert Crocker. Emerald, 2017. p. 133-147.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
TY - CHAP
T1 - What role for the social enterprises in the circular economy?
AU - Lane, Ruth
AU - Gumley, Wayne Stephen
PY - 2017/3/20
Y1 - 2017/3/20
N2 - In debates about recycling and the circular economy, the role of existingorganizations that already facilitate the circulation of materials throughsociety can be neglected. Indeed, the social enterprise sector may currentlybe more significant than the commercial waste management sector in facilitating the circular economy within Australia. Drawing on interviewswith organizations involved in collecting and reprocessing used electronicsand scrap metal in Australia, the authors detail some of the synergies andtensions between the social enterprises and commercial organizations thathave emerged as recycling gains traction through government policy andvarious forms of product stewardship. The authors conclude with suggestionsfor policy and governance approaches most likely to facilitate productiveand perhaps symbiotic relationships between the two sectors inthe future.
AB - In debates about recycling and the circular economy, the role of existingorganizations that already facilitate the circulation of materials throughsociety can be neglected. Indeed, the social enterprise sector may currentlybe more significant than the commercial waste management sector in facilitating the circular economy within Australia. Drawing on interviewswith organizations involved in collecting and reprocessing used electronicsand scrap metal in Australia, the authors detail some of the synergies andtensions between the social enterprises and commercial organizations thathave emerged as recycling gains traction through government policy andvarious forms of product stewardship. The authors conclude with suggestionsfor policy and governance approaches most likely to facilitate productiveand perhaps symbiotic relationships between the two sectors inthe future.
KW - waste
KW - recycling
KW - reuse
KW - circular economy
KW - Social enterprise
M3 - Chapter (Book)
SP - 133
EP - 147
BT - Unmaking Waste
A2 - Crocker, Robert
PB - Emerald
ER -