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Climate, Sustainability, and Waste: EU and US Regulatory Approaches Compared

In: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Climate Change for Sustainable Growth

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  • Madeline June Kass

    (Seattle University School of Law)

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This chapter examines the interrelated topics of climate change, sustainability, and waste by comparing the regulatory approaches of the European Union (EU) and the United States (US). Americans and Europeans produce vast quantities of nonhazardous, unwanted, and unusable material. In the EU, individual waste contributions are almost double the global average. In the US, the numbers are even higher, constituting more than four times the global average. The interrelationship between US and EU regulation of materials and waste and the problem of climate change centers on greenhouse gas-emitting activities at various points along the product to waste continuum (including natural resource extraction, goods production and use, recycling and reuse, waste collection and disposal, and materials transport). The US mostly follows a traditional linear approach to waste management. In contrast, the EU embraces and is moving towards a circular model of materials management. This chapter describes and compares both approaches along with their implications for climate change and sustainability.

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  • Madeline June Kass, 2022. "Climate, Sustainability, and Waste: EU and US Regulatory Approaches Compared," Natural Resource Management and Policy, in: Sara Valaguzza & Mark Alan Hughes (ed.), Interdisciplinary Approaches to Climate Change for Sustainable Growth, chapter 0, pages 245-260, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nrmchp:978-3-030-87564-0_14
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-87564-0_14
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