From shipments of Canadian waste rotting in developing countries to
overflowing landfills and ineffective recycling programs, Canada is
facing a waste crisis. Canadians are becoming increasingly aware that
waste is an acute environmental and human health issue - and a complex
one, the solutions to which are often contradictory.Canada's Waste Flows
is an honest look at the production and movement of Canadian waste, from
region to region and across the globe, and its consequences. Through a
series of timely empirical case studies, the book reveals waste as less
of a technological problem and more of a material, economic, political,
historical, and cultural concern. Canada's Waste Flows demonstrates that
Canadians are misdirecting their attention to post-consumer waste and
their responsibility for minimizing it through recycling; waste must be
understood as a social justice issue, and in particular as a symptom of
ongoing settler colonialism. Through a comparative study of waste
management in southern and northern Canadian communities, Myra Hird
argues that we will only resolve our waste crisis through democratic
engagement.A critical and compelling book that will generate
conversation and incite change, Canada's Waste Flows uncovers how
Canada's role as a global leader in waste production and export is key
to changing Canada's waste future.
