Case

UK plastic-waste system and its export destinations (Turkey, Malaysia)

Illustrates waste colonialism, dirty-industry migration and the circular economy. Pairs an NGO advocacy report with contrasting academic evidence from 1992.

Industry
Waste and recycling
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Sources

References

Listed A–Z by author surname, Harvard style. A source with a DOI links to https://doi.org/…; one without links to its page or says plainly that it has no DOI.

  1. Clapp, J. (1994) ‘The toxic waste trade with less-industrialised countries: economic linkages and political alliances’, Third World Quarterly, 15(3), pp. 505–518.doi:10.1080/01436599408420393Source page
  2. Greenpeace UK (2021) Trashed: how the UK is still dumping plastic waste on the rest of the world. London: Greenpeace UK.No DOIgreenpeace.org.ukSource page
  3. Low, P. and Yeats, A. (1992) ‘Do "dirty" industries migrate?’, in Low, P. (ed.) International trade and the environment, World Bank Discussion Papers no. 159. Washington, DC: World Bank, pp. 89–103.No DOIdocuments1.worldbank.orgSource page