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Steenmans, Katrien, Taylor, Phillip M. and Steenmans, Ine (2021) Blockchain technology for governance of plastic waste management : where are we? Social Sciences, 10 (11). e434. doi:10.3390/socsci10110434 ISSN 2076-0760.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci10110434
Abstract
Blockchain technology is emerging as a plausible disruptor of waste management practices that influence the governance of plastics. The interest among the waste management community in the potential and fundamental changes to complex resource management associated with blockchain adoption parallels recent research in other sectors, such as finance, health, public administration, etc. During any comparable period characterized by a step-change in positive coverage of an early-stage technology, it can be challenging for actors to access a grounded, evidence-based oversight of the current state of practice and make informed decisions about whether or how to adopt blockchain technology. The current absence of such a systematic overview of recent experiences with blockchain initiatives disrupting waste practices not only limits the visibility of these experimental efforts, but also limits the learning that can be shared across waste plastics researcher and practitioner communities. This paper contributes with a current overview of blockchain technology adoption in the waste management sector, giving particular attention to implications for the governance of plastics. Our study draws on both primary interview data and secondary documentation data to map the landscape of current blockchain initiatives in the global waste sector. We identify four areas of blockchain use that are beginning to change waste management practices (payment, recycling and reuse rewards, monitoring and tracking of waste, and smart contracts). We conclude by outlining five areas of significant blockchain uses, implications, and influences of relevance to the development of circular plastic waste governance in both research and practice.
Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Computer Science | |||||||||
SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | |||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Blockchains (Databases), Refuse disposal industry -- Technological innovations, Refuse and refuse disposal -- Technological innovations, Plastics industry and trade -- Waste disposal, Plastics industry and trade -- Waste disposal -- Technological innovations, Disruptive technologies | |||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Social Sciences | |||||||||
Publisher: | MDPI | |||||||||
ISSN: | 2076-0760 | |||||||||
Official Date: | 11 November 2021 | |||||||||
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Volume: | 10 | |||||||||
Number: | 11 | |||||||||
Article Number: | e434 | |||||||||
DOI: | 10.3390/socsci10110434 | |||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | |||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 30 November 2021 | |||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 30 November 2021 | |||||||||
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