Autori
Cirelli, Claudia
Maccaglia, Fabrizio
Melé, Patrice

Titolo
Proximity as a Value and Framework for Action in Waste Management: Reflections from European Case Studies
Periodico
Geotema
Anno: 2019 - Volume: 23 - Fascicolo: 59/Supplemento - Pagina iniziale: 27 - Pagina finale: 39

This text analyses the notion of proximity promoted by EC regulations with regard to waste management. It focuses on the way that public authorities, industrial operators, citizens, environmental organisations and community groups implement and make use of this principle. The article, based on the results of seven case studies in Europe, considers waste management as a field of experimentation, where it is possible to observe different ways of implementing and testing the principle of proximity. The distinction between implementation and testing reflects the tensions arising from the principle of proximity: tension between the norm and how it is applied in reality, and the tension whereby residents oppose the construction of a waste-treatment facility while engaging in demanding procedures to reduce and sort their waste. Proximity is a value and a framework for action that is used in different ways by the actors involved in waste management, and it plays a role in structuring the relationships between public authorities, industrial operators, citizens and community groups. It is not so much a regulatory principle, because it has a weak enforcement capacity; it is rather a motivating principle. Therefore, with the aim of contributing to the debate on the implementation of environmental policies, this paper highlights the existence of a waste management regime that we define as a «regime of proximity». This means that all stakeholders act in a context in which proximity constitutes a means of justification, a rule that is more or less binding, or a value that can be used to advance different or even competing projects.



SICI: 1126-7798(2019)23:59/SUPPLEMENTO<27:PAAVAF>2.0.ZU;2-R
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