Taylor, P;
Steenmans, K;
Steenmans, I;
(2020)
Blockchain Technology for Sustainable Waste Management.
Frontiers in Political Science
, 2
, Article 590923. 10.3389/fpos.2020.590923.
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Abstract
The global waste and resource crises necessitate and give great impetus for better and more sustainable management of waste. Increasingly, resource and waste streams that once were sent to landfill or incinerated are now reused, recycled, or recovered. Yet, while many laws and policies have been adopted for this very purpose, a number of recurrent challenges persist across interventions seeking to further facilitate the necessary, widespread transitions to sustainable waste management. This perspective article explores the suitability of blockchain technology in overcoming these challenges. In particular, we discuss the opportunities and challenges for blockchain in (1) offering clarity in property rights of products and wastes, (2) supporting law and policy goals by incentivizing sustainable waste management, and (3) maintaining anonymity and privacy for institutions and individuals.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Blockchain Technology for Sustainable Waste Management |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fpos.2020.590923 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpos.2020.590923 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2020 Taylor, Steenmans and Steenmans. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | blockchain, waste management, waste law, sustainability, circular economy |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > STEaPP |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10135978 |
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