What a load of rubbish! Bins, behaviours and the circular economy

Have you ever been confused about what goes in which bin? Perhaps you are concerned about whether your recycling actually does get recycled. What we do with our rubbish reveals a whole set of challenges, practices and unintended consequences: what do policies that attempt to transition our consumption and disposal practices towards a circular economy mean for households?

Biography

Dr Helen Holmes is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester. Her work explores consumption, waste and diverse forms of economy, including circular economy. Helen has worked on multiple interdisciplinary projects, the latest of which is the UKRI funded study ‘One Bin to Rule Them All’, exploring the barriers and challenges to household plastic recycling. Her most recent book ‘The Materiality of Nothing’ (Routledge, 2023) draws together Helen’s research expertise on the social practices of consumption, waste and disposal and their relevance for environmental sustainability. Helen is Deputy Director of the University of Manchester’s Sustainable Futures Platform.

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