Local governments are placing greater requirements on households to sort and reduce their waste. The research draws on experimental governance scholarship to explore the transformative capacity of local government in low waste sustainability transitions and how this is given form through engaging households in new waste management initiatives. Australia, a high-income county with one of the highest per-capita rates of waste generation globally, faces significant challenges for low waste city transitions. We conducted a desktop review of local government waste initiatives across Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane, and recorded interviews with nine waste managers. While the traditional service provider role remains important, municipalities are introducing new ways of addressing the waste problem that rely on actions by other parties, including households. Roles of promoter, enabler and partner are employed to experiment with new initiatives. The promoter role is an important initial stage, but the enabler and partner roles have most potential to orchestrate households as active innovation and change agents in low waste transitions and contribute to broader shifts in social norms and practices.

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地方政府和家庭在低废物城市转型中的作用


地方政府对家庭分类和减少垃圾提出了更高的要求。该研究利用实验治理奖学金来探索地方政府在低废物可持续性转型中的变革能力，以及如何通过让家庭参与新的废物管理举措来实现这一能力。澳大利亚是一个高收入国家，是全球人均垃圾产生率最高的国家之一，面临着低垃圾城市转型的重大挑战。我们对墨尔本、阿德莱德和布里斯班当地政府的垃圾处理举措进行了桌面审查，并记录了对九名垃圾管理人员的采访。虽然传统服务提供商的角色仍然很重要，但市政当局正在引入新的方法来解决废物问题，这依赖于包括家庭在内的其他各方的行动。推动者、推动者和合作伙伴的角色被用来尝试新的举措。推动者角色是重要的初始阶段，但推动者和合作伙伴角色最有潜力协调家庭作为低废物转型中的积极创新和变革推动者，并为社会规范和实践的更广泛转变做出贡献。