Recycling reconsidered : the present failure and future promise of environmental action in the United States /
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| Author / Creator: | MacBride, Samantha. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2012. |
| Description: | xii, 303 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Urban and industrial environments Urban and industrial environments. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8561499 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Rags and Bottles
- 2. Curbside Recycling Collection
- 3. Tonnage and Toxicity: The Nonissue of Nonhazardous Industrial Waste
- 4. Scale and Sufficiency: Zero Waste and the Quest for Environmental Justice
- 5. Extended Plastics Responsibility: Producers as Reluctant Stewards
- Conclusion
- Appendix I. Summary of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Data on Solid-Waste Generation, Disposal, and Recycling in the United States
- Appendix II. Summary of Textile and Glass Disposal and Recycling in the United States and New York City
- Appendix III. Changes in Quantity and Composition of Municipal Solid Waste over Time
- Appendix IV. Fractions of Municipal Solid Waste Suitable for Reuse Using a Model of Repair Refurbishment, and Retailing
- Appendix V. Details on various Quantities of Different Plastics in Municipal Solid Waste
- Appendix VI. Fractions of Municipal Solid Waste Referred to in the Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Series List
