Postcapitalist composting: reverse logistics and organic waste, designing for diverse livelihoods

Mellick Lopes, A; Healy, S

Postcapitalist composting: reverse logistics and organic waste, designing for diverse livelihoods

Mellick Lopes, A

Healy, S

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Publisher:: Taylor and Francis Group
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Cultural Economy, 2023
Issue Date:: 2023-08-29

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dc.contributor.author	Mellick Lopes, A https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2157-421X
dc.contributor.author	Healy, S
dc.date.accessioned	2023-08-29T22:59:01Z
dc.date.available	2023-07-03
dc.date.available	2023-08-29T22:59:01Z
dc.date.issued	2023-08-29
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Cultural Economy, 2023
dc.identifier.issn	1753-0350
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/171852
dc.description.abstract	This paper is concerned with the collaborative design of a reverse logistics supply chain, the important back half of an organic waste circular economy in Sydney, Australia. Our effort goes against the grain of dominant economic logic. While there is a well-developed forward supply chain that gets food from farm to plate – facilitated by policies, market norms, practices and infrastructures – the reverse logistics of getting organic waste materials back into the soil is largely absent. Our corrective foray into redrawing the economy in circular terms involves diverting Sydney’s three thousand tonnes per annum of spent coffee grounds (SCG) and chaff (a by-product of coffee roasting) from landfill to farms. Doing so avoids greenhouse gas emissions that arise from rotting organic waste and, instead, contributes to regenerative farming practice and rural livelihoods.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Taylor and Francis Group
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP210100175
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Cultural Economy
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/17530350.2023.2241194
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dc.subject	16 Studies in Human Society, 20 Language, Communication and Culture
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dc.title	Postcapitalist composting: reverse logistics and organic waste, designing for diverse livelihoods
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This paper is concerned with the collaborative design of a reverse logistics supply chain, the important back half of an organic waste circular economy in Sydney, Australia. Our effort goes against the grain of dominant economic logic. While there is a well-developed forward supply chain that gets food from farm to plate – facilitated by policies, market norms, practices and infrastructures – the reverse logistics of getting organic waste materials back into the soil is largely absent. Our corrective foray into redrawing the economy in circular terms involves diverting Sydney’s three thousand tonnes per annum of spent coffee grounds (SCG) and chaff (a by-product of coffee roasting) from landfill to farms. Doing so avoids greenhouse gas emissions that arise from rotting organic waste and, instead, contributes to regenerative farming practice and rural livelihoods.

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