Table of Contents

1. Introduction Part 1. Waste Prevention Policies: An Overview 2. The History of Waste 3. The Roots of Waste Prevention Policies Part 2. Waste Prevention Behaviour: Conceptual Issues 4. Waste Prevention Behaviour and Social Psychology 5. Driving Forces and Barriers for Waste Prevention Behaviour Part 3: Waste Prevention Behaviour: Case Studies 6. A Framework-Model for Waste Prevention Behaviour 7. Applying the Conceptual Model: Waste prevention behaviour in Sao Paulo, Sheffield and Tokyo 8. Goal-directed Conservation Behaviour and Waste Prevention Behaviour Part 4: Conclusion 9. The Effect of Improved Waste Management: Material rebound and its causes 10. Waste Prevention Behaviour and Fast and Frugal Heuristics 11. Concluding Thoughts

About the Author

Ana Paula Bortoleto is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the State University of Campinas, Brazil.

Reviews

"The strength of the book is in the presentation of three in-depth case studies that examine waste policy across
Sheffield, Tokyo and Sao Paulo....it offers an interesting insight into the connection between social sciences and civil engineering, and will be particularly beneficial for those who are working within the technical and policy interface in waste management."
Phil Renforth,Cardiff University