Recycling reconsidered [ the present failure and future promise of environmental action in the United States
Recycling is widely celebrated as an environmental success story. The accomplishments of the recycling movement can be seen in municipal practice, a thriving private recycling industry, and widespread public support and participation. In the United States, more people recycle than vote. But, as Sama...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
MIT Press ,
c2012
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| Series: | Urban and industrial environments
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Table of Contents:
- 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