How do the cultural contexts of waste practices affect health and well-being?
| dc.coverage | Copenhagen | |
| dc.creator | Foellmer, Julia | |
| dc.creator | Liboiron, Max | |
| dc.creator | Rechenburg, Andrea | |
| dc.creator | Kistemann, Thomas | |
| dc.date | 2022-06-01T07:38:11Z | |
| dc.date | 2022-06-01T07:38:11Z | |
| dc.date | 2022-06-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-08-03T11:35:37Z | |
| dc.description | x, 56 p. | |
| dc.description | Managing the increasing amount and complexity of municipal solid waste poses a growing challenge to the entire WHO European Region, with serious implications for human health and well-being. Addressing this requires moving beyond technical innovations to better understand and integrate a wide range of factors, including cultural contexts. By examining evidence from a broad array of disciplines in peer-reviewed and grey literature, as well as case studies from the Region, this report opens up a systematic engagement with the role of culture in waste management practices and how this fosters or undermines conditions for health and well-being. While highlighting various tensions between cultural forces at multiple scales, the evidence suggests that culturally grounded approaches to waste management can yield higher rates of public participation and cross-sectoral collaboration, be more sustainable in the long term, and lead to better health and well-being for the wider public, particularly for groups with heavier health burdens associated with waste. The evidence provides a sound basis for strengthening existing policy frameworks and identifying areas in which culture can be a driver for improved policies that are supported by all stakeholders. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | 9789289058025 | |
| dc.identifier | 2789-9217 | |
| dc.identifier | https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/354695 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repo.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/246812 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe | |
| dc.relation | Health Evidence Network synthesis report; 75 | |
| dc.rights | CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO | |
| dc.rights | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo | |
| dc.rights | World Health Organization | |
| dc.subject | Environment | |
| dc.subject | Waste Management | |
| dc.subject | Culture | |
| dc.title | How do the cultural contexts of waste practices affect health and well-being? | |
| dc.type | Publications |