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"What goes with [GDP growth] is ... ignored; growth depends on increased production and distribution, which always increase waste."
Jon Cloke in our new #ProspectsForDegrowth piece.
The Macavity of Degrowth – Waste, the Empire that isn’t there… – degrowthUK
https://degrowthuk.org/2025/09/18/the-macavity-of-degrowth-waste-the-empire-that-isnt-there/
"Waste, like Macavity [the mystery cat], is an inextricable part of growth, always there, mostly invisible, hard to measure. After all, as UNEP (2024: 17) reports “Some countries have no official waste data whatsoever, or this data may be incomplete or inaccurate” – some 2.7 billion people live their lives outside any waste collection (ISWA, 2024)."
See previous post in thread for the link.
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