In defense of garbage /
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| Author / Creator: | Alexander, Judd H. |
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| Imprint: | Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1993. |
| Description: | xii, 239 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Refuse and refuse disposal Refuse and refuse disposal. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1512695 |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a In defense of garbage / |c Judd H. Alexander. |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-229) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g 1. |t In the Beginning ... There was Garbage. |t Ancient Times. |t Europe and America. |t The Rise of Industrial Cities. |t What to Do With the Waste? -- |g 2. |t The Quantity of Garbage is Not Strained. |t Capacity for Disposal. |t Measurement Systems. |t Garbage and Affluence. |t Flawed Definition. |t Slow Growth. |t The Real Problem -- |g 3. |t The Contents of Waste. |t Quantifying Discards. |t Materials in the Waste. |t Construction and Demolition Debris. |t Discarded Products -- |g 4. |t Saving Resources, Saving Trees. |t Non-Renewable Resources. |t The Value of Garbage. |t Saving Trees. |t The Alabama Example. |t Seventeen Trees -- |g 5. |t Throwaway Products. |t Definition. |t Saving Time and Labor. |t Food Service. |t Fast-Food Restaurants. |t Plastic Coffee Cups. |t Junk Mail. |t Disposable Diapers. |t Adult Incontinence Garments -- |g 6. |t Packaging: A Subtle Servant. |t Packaging by Design. |t Through the Ages. |t Packaging Tasks. |t Success Stories. |t Demands for Effective Packaging. |t Designing for Disposal. |t Multi-Material Packaging. |t Green Packages. |t Value of Competition. |t Local Laws - National Distribution -- |g 7. |t Source Reduction. |t Agenda for Action. |t Preferred Solution. |t Cost of Source Reduction. |t Hazardous Waste. |t The Morality of Discards -- |g 8. |t Recycling: Promise and Problems. |t Background. |t Recycled Content. |t Fragile Markets. |t The All-Aluminum Refrigerator. |t Contaminants. |t Automating Recovery. |t Recycling Challenges -- |g 9. |t Recycling for Paper and Plastics. |t Different Materials. |t Making Virgin Paper. |t Recycled Paper. |t Mill Locations. |t Recycling Plastics. |t Toxicity Concerns. |t Good News for Plastics. |t Anything Can Be Recycled -- |g 10. |t Biodegradation, Compost, and Litter. |t Instinctive Answers. |t Neither Good nor Bad. |t Legislating Decay. |t Compost. |t Municipal Composting. |t Waste Out of Place. |t The Litter Solution -- |g 11. |t Collection and Disposal. |t Picking It Up. |t Collecting Recyclables. |t Understanding Landfills. |t High-Tech Incineration. |t Dioxins and Heavy Metals. |t Recycling Energy -- |g 12. |t The Politics of Garbage. |t The Environmental Movement. |t Noble Intentions. |t Casting the First Stone. |t Mandatory Deposits. |t The Inefficiency Tax. |t Overselling Recycling. |t Life-Cycle Assessments. |t Green Labeling. |t The Role for Regulators and Legislators. |t The International Scene. |t United States Response. |t Fear of Risk -- |g 13. |t Solving the Problems. |t The Three Faces of Garbage. |t Multiple Answers. |t Dealing with NIMBY. |t National Assistance. |t Moving On. |
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