Out of sight is not out of mind: Public opposition to ocean incineration |
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| Authors: | Conner Bailey Charles E. Faupel |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station , Auburn University , Auburn, Alabama, 36830;2. Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station , Auburn University , Auburn, Alabama, 36830 |
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| Abstract: | Abstract During the early 1980s, ocean incineration emerged as one of the hottest issues in the field of hazardous waste management. Ocean incineration involves the thermal destruction of liquid hazardous wastes on specially designed ships and was promoted by the Environmental Protection Agency and powerful industry groups as part of the solution to liquid hazardous waste disposal. Attempts to adopt ocean incineration led to heated debate and apparent defeat of efforts to introduce this technology. The arguments advanced by proponents and opponents are examined. Success of environmental groups opposed to ocean incineration is explained with reference to technical, environmental, socio‐political, and legal factors. Ocean incineration, promoted as a solution to “not‐in‐my‐backyard”; opponents, instead ran afoul of region wide opposition by coastal residents for whom the sea is a common backyard. |
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| Keywords: | public participation waste management |
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