I’ve published a Research page on the MoCR blog including a reading list and further links:
Reading List
Baudrillard, Jean. (1968/1996). The System of Object. Verso.
Baudrillard, Jean. (1997). Fragments. Verso.
Berger, John. (1980). About Looking. Bloomsbury.
Beuys, Joseph, et al. (2010). What is Money?. Clairview Books.
Botha, Ted. (2004). Mongo: Adventures in Trash. Bloomsbury.
Bourriaud, Nicolas. (1998/2002). Relational Aesthetics. Les presses du réel.
Burke, Jason. (2012). Cleaning up India’s waste: but what is the future for army of tip pickers? Guardian
Chappells, Heather and Shove, Elizabeth. (1999) Bins and the history of waste relations
Codognato, Mario, (ed.) (2009). Ceal Floyer. Electa.
De Certeau. (1984). The Practice of Everyday Life. University of California Press.
de la Cruz, Angela. (2006). Trabalho Work. Culturgest.
Debord, Guy. (1968/2009). Society of the Spectacle. Soul Bay Press.
Elsner, John and Roger Cardinal (ed.). (1994). The Cultures of Collecting. Reaktion Books.
Friedman,Ken (ed.). (1998) The Fluxus Reader. JohnWiley and Sons.
Gabrys, Jennifer (2011) Digital Rubbish: A Natural History of Electronics
Girling, Richard. (2005). Rubbish!. Eden Project Books.
Haynes, Hayley. (2012). Talking Rubbish with Karla Marchesi. The Flaneur.
Johnstone, Stepehn (ed.). (2008). Documents of Contemporary Art: The Everyday. Whitechapel.
Jordan, Chris. (2011). Ushirikiano: Building a Sustainable Future in Kenya’s Northern Rangelands. TeNeues.
Karapetian, Farrah. (2012). Medium Specificity in our Midst. Art & Education
Korine, Harmony (2009) Trash Humpers
Lee, Yao-Kun. (2010). The seal of secondary rubbish,The Art of junk.
Lippard, Lucy. (1966). Pop Art. Thames and Hudson.
Millar, Jeremy. (1999). Ceal Floyer (Art Catalogue). Cornerhouse Publications.
Misiano, Viktor and Zabel, Igor (eds.). (2003-2008). Manifesta Journal #1-6. Manifesta.
Morris, Steven. (2012) LS Lowry papers found at scrap yard up for auction. Guardian
Moss, Stephen. (2012) The world’s largest rubbish dump. Guardian
Musgrave, David. (2005). Waste Material. Drawing Room.
Noble, Tim and Webster, Sue. (2011). British Rubbish. Skira Rizzoli.
Petrešin-Bachelez, Nataša and Bobin, Virginie (eds.). (2011-). Manifesta Journal #13-18. Manifesta.
Rogers, Heather. (2005). Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage. The New Press.
Smith, Andrew Sunley. (2008). Micro Gestures For a New Co-Efficiency in Art. Art and Research.
Spens, Michael. (2008). Non-refusals in Rubbish: Return of the Rubbish Aesthetic
Strasser, Susan. (1992). Waste and Want: The Other Side of Consumption. German Historical Institute
Vergine, Lea (2007). When Trash Becomes Art. Skira Rizzoli.
Viney, Williams. (2012). Mark Dion and the Arts and Archaeologies of Waste. Material World
Viktor Misiano and Ramos, Filipa (eds.). (2009–2011). Manifesta Journal #7-12. Manifesta.
Whiteley, Gillian. (2005). Junk: Art and the Politics of Trash. I.B. Taurus and Co. Ltd.
Zimmerman, Dan. (2012). Art as an Autonomous Commodity within the Global Market. Art & Education.
Links:
Chartered Institute of Wastes Management
Covers & Citations: Rubbish Art Works
CreationOpen Space Research Centre (OU Geographical and Environmental Research)
Creative Geographies: Art and Rubbish
Dandelion Postgraduate Arts Journal and Research Network: Rubbish
Discard Studies
Flooring Hunter: Most Expensive Trash Bins
Goldsmiths Arts Research: Rubbish
Taylor and Francis: Social and Cultural Geography
Waste and Resources Research Repository
University of Exeter: Archaeology and Rubbish
Worn Clothing: Anthropologies of Reuse and Recycling
These are by no means definitive lists and further suggestions welcome.