Chapter 4: Two pathways towards circular waste management at Texel in 2065

Ram Kamath Ely, Smith & Stirling, 2013 1.Hybrid Innovation pathways At the two ends of the spectrum of possible trajectories to sustainable systems ,are green industrialisation and grassroot innovations. Green industrialisation pathways are led by the government or large corporations. Such initiatives are top-down in nature and are driven by technology push. Grassroot movements are citizen driven…

One possible technological solution that can, to a large extent, solve Texel’s inorganic waste problem is biodegradable packaging. Solid waste predominantly consists of packaging waste (In developed countries, food packaging represents 60% (Northwood and Oakley-Hill, 1999) of all packaging.). Consumer goods without any kind of packaging is unfathomable nowadays. Even though theoretically, 93…