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Incinerating hazardous waste for the public good
Author(s) -
Klaas Franziska,
Nyabise Nelson
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
anthropology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1467-8322
pISSN - 0268-540X
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8322.12665
Subject(s) - incineration , hazardous waste , context (archaeology) , mandate , business , government (linguistics) , tanzania , waste management , public administration , environmental planning , engineering , political science , environmental science , law , geography , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology
Incineration outside of the health sector has started to become a growing business in Tanzania recently. The following article reflects on how internationally and locally formulated concerns about pollution from incineration unfold in the context of Dar es Salaam. More precisely, it looks at civil servants authorized to monitor incineration activities. How do they translate their mandate into practice? What are the public goods at stake in the monitoring of incineration? The article concludes with reflections on incineration as a highly ambivalent waste management technology for those responsible for monitoring it.