Chapter 3: transitions towards circular waste management made by people

Ram Kamath Hargreaves 2013 1.Grassroot innovation Grassroot innovations are, as opposed to market-based innovations, innovations that arise from ground-up social movements that aim to effectuate a transition to more socially acceptable methods of fulfilling societal functions rather than for profit. Grassroot innovation activity may be driven by informal community groups or volunteers. Grassroot…

This section will describe and analyse the actual trends and initiatives in the current waste system on Texel. It describes the strategies from the municipality as well as the local initiatives. 3.2.1 Strategies from the municipality In the document ´Grondstoffenplan´ (Texel, 2013) the municipality describes several strategies, which mainly focuses on the better separation of the waste on Texel.