Traitement des déchets et santé environnementale : la science, un facteur d’acceptabilité locale ? L’exemple de l’incinérateur à Fos-sur-Mer

Abstract

Environmental health considerations appear to have created a focal point for the local mobilization of indigenous and grassroots resistance to waste management. The evolution of waste composition and blends of molecules generated by waste processing techniques start raising a new ecological health issue linked to their local environment. Using two studies on mobilization against Fos-sur-Mer’s incinerator, this article investigates the impact of environmental health considerations on management and treatment of waste, and more widely on governance of sustainable development.

Keywords

• environment
• waste
• incinération
• environmental health
• mobilization