In defense of garbage /

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Author / Creator:Alexander, Judd H.
Imprint:Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1993.
Description:xii, 239 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1512695
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ISBN:0275936279 (alk. paper) : $22.95
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-229) and index.

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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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