... in the waste economy of a South Indian town. Field research was exploratory, based on snowball sampling and urban traversing. The analysis follows capital and labour in the sub-circuits of capital generating waste in production, distribution, consumption, the production of labour and the reproduction...

...Caroline Bekin; Marylyn Carrigan; Isabelle Szmigin Purpose The symbolic and social roles of waste are explored through a small sample of UK and Brazilian consumers from urban and rural communities. These findings are relevant in highlighting the importance of considering socio‐cultural differences...

...Caroline Bekin; Marylyn Carrigan; Isabelle Szmigin Purpose This paper aims to explore the diverse and complementary resistance and waste‐reduction practices adopted by UK‐based New Consumption Communities, and whether such behaviours empower them to achieve their environmental and social goals...