Kate O'Neill
University of California at Berkeley
Kate O'Neil is associate professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley; and author of "The Environment and International Relations" (Cambridge UP 2009/2017) and "Waste Trading Among Rich Nations" (MIT Press 2000). She is working on a master's degree on the global political economy of waste for Polity Press.
Waste work shift: Inside the structural changes in the global waste sector
Informal waste workers have long managed the waste of the South, for whom new forms of collectives offer new hope, while the gig economy threatens to de-formalize waste management in the North. Read More
As more developing countries reject plastic waste exports, wealthy nations seek solutions at home
Malaysia sent the United States back its scrap material. Here's what that means for curbing plastic waste. Read More
Look! An opportunity for the U.S. to get serious about recycling at home
The plastic waste crisis — challenge or opportunity? Read More
