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"Contents" [2016] ELECD 1435; in Kummer Peiry, Katharina; Ziegler, R. Andreas; Baumgartner, Jorun (eds), "Waste Management and the Green Economy" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016) v

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: Contents

Number of pages: 3

Extract:

Contents
List of figures viii
List of tables ix
List of contributors x
Foreword xv
Introduction 1
Andreas R. Ziegler, Katharina Kummer Peiry and Jorun Baumgartner

PART I RESOURCE AND ENERGY RECOVERY
FROM WASTES IN INTERNATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY

1 Principles of international environmental law applicable to waste
management 11
Rosemary Rayfuse
1.1 Introduction 11
1.2 The role of principles in international environmental law 13
1.3 Permanent sovereignty over natural resources and the
`no-harm' principle 16
1.4 The principle of preventive action 21
1.5 The principle of cooperation 25
1.6 The principle of sustainable development 27
1.7 The precautionary principle 30
1.8 Conclusion 31
2 Waste and international law: towards a resource-based
approach? 33
Tarcísio Hardman Reis
2.1 Introduction 33
2.2 A rights-based approach to the management of wastes 35
2.3 A treaty-based approach to the management of wastes 41
2.4 The role of `soft law' in relation to wastes 48
2.5 Conclusion 55




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3 Recycling and resource recovery under the Basel Convention:
historical analysis and outlook 56
Pierre Portas
3.1 Background 57
3.2 Understanding the issue 57
3.3 About recycling and recovery 61
3.4 Tension in the Basel Convention control system 64
3.5 How the Convention deals with recycling and recovery 68
3.6 Evolving trends 74
3.7 A limping progress 76
3.8 Concluding remarks ...