Domestic Waste Management in Ireland - the Journey Towards Financialization

Martin Quinn and Orla Feeney

No 271266, QBS Working Paper Series from Queen's University Belfast, Queen's Business School

Abstract: Successive Irish government policies followed a neoliberal approach and domestic waste services have been transformed to such an extent that in early 2021, one company was valued at over €1 billion. The last three decades has seen domestic waste services in the Ireland evolve from a public service to one delivered entirely by the private sector. The journey to this system has had many policy twists and the outcome of the journey is a domestic waste market, with some very large and profitable companies. This paper examines policy changes over time, outlining how Ireland's domestic waste services became financialized.

Keywords: domestic waste policy; Ireland; financialization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4081062

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