Since the mid-1990s, the German Federal Government has been trying to implement the liber-alization of waste management, against the resistance of municipalities. But instead of creating a new fitting regulative environment for the sector, the strong position of the municipal waste management...

In industrializing countries new groups of consumers with remarkable purchasing power are emerging. Representing a “new middle class” they are seen as a carrier and promoter of a so-called “western way of life” beyond the OECD countries. They are presented as having a consumerist...

Gute Arbeit, gute Umwelt und gute Technik beruhen außer auf grundlegenden sozialen und politischen Voraussetzungen sehr wesentlich auch auf 'gutem Design'. Dieses ergibt sich nicht einfach aus dem bloßen Laisser-faire des Wirtschaftprozesses, sondern bedarf gezielter Ar-beits-, Umwelt- und...