Kummer Peiry, Katharina; Ziegler, Andreas R.; Baumgartner, Jorun --- "Conclusions" [2016] ELECD 1450; in Kummer Peiry, Katharina; Ziegler, R. Andreas; Baumgartner, Jorun (eds), "Waste Management and the Green Economy" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016) 216

Book Title: Waste Management and the Green Economy

Editor(s): Kummer Peiry, Katharina; Ziegler, R. Andreas; Baumgartner, Jorun

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781783473809

Section Title: Conclusions

Author(s): Kummer Peiry, Katharina; Ziegler, Andreas R.; Baumgartner, Jorun

Number of pages: 11

Abstract/Description:

Does resource and energy recovery from waste have the potential to become a pilot area for a Green Economy? As noted in the Introduction, this question inspired the collection of essays in this book. The contributions offer a somewhat kaleidoscopic outlook, providing a range of diverse but complementary insights from different angles and perspectives. Not surprisingly, it is difficult to draw a clear-cut answer from them. They do however add up to a range of elements that may be linked together to form the basis of an answer. Part I of the book focuses on the role of international law and policy in shaping the approach to waste management, including resource and energy recovery from wastes. An overview of the general principles of international law as they relate to waste management is followed by an examination of whether and how international law supports a resource-based approach to waste. The role of the Basel Convention as the sole global treaty addressing waste management is then considered. Finally, waste as potential tradable goods under the WTO agreements is analysed.