Transitioning urban organics : from waste management to integrated resource planning using insights from the water sector

Turner, Andrea Jean

Transitioning urban organics : from waste management to integrated resource planning using insights from the water sector

Turner, Andrea Jean

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dc.contributor.author	Turner, Andrea Jean
dc.date.accessioned	2024-12-05T20:43:44Z
dc.date.available	2024-12-05T20:43:44Z
dc.date.issued	2023
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/182374
dc.description	University of Technology Sydney. Institute for Sustainable Futures.	en_US.UTF-8
dc.description.abstract	Urban organic waste (UOW) is causing economic, social and environmental impacts. Australian policies now require food waste to be halved and organics to be separated at source by 2030. However, significant quantities are still generated and large-scale technical solutions advocated, although not necessarily sustainable nor context appropriate and at odds with waste hierarchy and circular economy principles. This research has identified gaps in UOW management planning and decision-making and the need for a more structured and nuanced approach. Integrated Resource Planning (IRP), a practical decision-making approach used in water and energy planning for decades, to prioritise avoidance and consider ranges of socio-technical context appropriate solutions, offers promise for application in UOW. This thesis investigated and demonstrated through Sydney-based nested case studies how at a: theoretical level - IRP augmented with systems thinking and sustainability transitions can fill identified waste management planning gaps; detailed empirical level – IRP can help fill specific knowledge gaps on the types, quantities and potential UOW innovative context-appropriate solutions available at various scales; and practical level - IRP together with systems thinking and sustainability transitions methods, can improve the IRP approach, especially for UOW application, and help the emerging industry move away from one-size-fits-all solutions.	en_US.UTF-8
dc.format	Thesis (PhD)
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US.UTF-8
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dc.rights	© 2023 Andrea Jean Turner
dc.rights	au.edu.uts.lib/cph
dc.title	Transitioning urban organics : from waste management to integrated resource planning using insights from the water sector	en_US.UTF-8
dc.type	Thesis
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Abstract:

Urban organic waste (UOW) is causing economic, social and environmental impacts. Australian policies now require food waste to be halved and organics to be separated at source by 2030. However, significant quantities are still generated and large-scale technical solutions advocated, although not necessarily sustainable nor context appropriate and at odds with waste hierarchy and circular economy principles. This research has identified gaps in UOW management planning and decision-making and the need for a more structured and nuanced approach. Integrated Resource Planning (IRP), a practical decision-making approach used in water and energy planning for decades, to prioritise avoidance and consider ranges of socio-technical context appropriate solutions, offers promise for application in UOW. This thesis investigated and demonstrated through Sydney-based nested case studies how at a: theoretical level - IRP augmented with systems thinking and sustainability transitions can fill identified waste management planning gaps; detailed empirical level – IRP can help fill specific knowledge gaps on the types, quantities and potential UOW innovative context-appropriate solutions available at various scales; and practical level - IRP together with systems thinking and sustainability transitions methods, can improve the IRP approach, especially for UOW application, and help the emerging industry move away from one-size-fits-all solutions.

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