Beijing Garbage

Why do central and local government initiatives aiming to curb the proliferation of garbage in Beijing and its disposal continue to be unsuccessful? Is the Uberization of waste picking through online-to-offline (O2O) garbage retrieval companies able to decrease waste and improve the lives of waste p...

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Main Author: Landsberger, Stefan
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description Why do central and local government initiatives aiming to curb the proliferation of garbage in Beijing and its disposal continue to be unsuccessful? Is the Uberization of waste picking through online-to-offline (O2O) garbage retrieval companies able to decrease waste and improve the lives of waste pickers? Most citizens of Beijing are well aware of the fact that their city is besieged by waste. Yet instead of taking individual action, they sit and wait for the governments at various levels to tell them what to do. And even if/when they adopt a proactive position, this does not last. Official education drives targeting the consumers are organized regularly and with modest success, but real solutions are not forthcoming. Various environmental non-governmental organizations are at work to raise the level of consciousness of the population, to change individual attitudes towards wasteful behavior, but seemingly with little overall effects.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1686332025-10-24T05:32:54Z Beijing Garbage Landsberger, Stefan beijing - garbage - circular economy - waste pickers thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNH Waste management thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TN Civil engineering, surveying and building thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RND Environmental policy and protocols Why do central and local government initiatives aiming to curb the proliferation of garbage in Beijing and its disposal continue to be unsuccessful? Is the Uberization of waste picking through online-to-offline (O2O) garbage retrieval companies able to decrease waste and improve the lives of waste pickers? Most citizens of Beijing are well aware of the fact that their city is besieged by waste. Yet instead of taking individual action, they sit and wait for the governments at various levels to tell them what to do. And even if/when they adopt a proactive position, this does not last. Official education drives targeting the consumers are organized regularly and with modest success, but real solutions are not forthcoming. Various environmental non-governmental organizations are at work to raise the level of consciousness of the population, to change individual attitudes towards wasteful behavior, but seemingly with little overall effects. 2025-10-24T05:32:53Z 2025-10-24T05:32:53Z 2025-10-23T08:33:14Z 2025 book ONIX_20251023T102741_9781040780442_42 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/107845 9781040780442 9781041176084 9789463720304 9781003691518 9781040786468 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/168633 eng Consumption and Sustainability in Asia open access image/jpeg n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/107845/1/9781040780442.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.5117/9789463720304 10.5117/9789463720304 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781040780442 9781041176084 9789463720304 9781003691518 9781040786468 Routledge 232 Oxford open access
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Beijing Garbage
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