Author: United States. Congress. Office of Technology AssessmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Facing America's Trash
Author: United States. Congress. Office of Technology AssessmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Facing America's Trash
Author: Facing America's trash : what next for municipal solid waste?.
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428922237
Category : Atık ve Atık Boşaltımı- ABD (Amerika)- Devlet Politikası
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Facing America's trash
Author: Facing America's trash
Author: Facing America's Trash
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780442010485
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Each year, the USA generates more than 160 million tons of municipal solid waste - more that 1/2 ton per person - and this amount is rising steadily. Since 80% of existing landfill sites are expected to close within 20 years and new sites are difficult to open, innovative waste management strategies are required. Solutions to this growing problem are offered in this account of how different technologies for solid waste reduction and management can be used in an environmentally sound and cost-effective long-term strategy. The authors review specific options such as waste prevention, recycling, incineration, and landfills that can help to ward off the impending waste crisis.
New Mexico Law Review
Author: State of the World
Author: Gone Tomorrow
Author: Heather RogersPublisher: New Press, The
ISBN: 1595585729
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
“A galvanizing exposé” of America’s trash problem from plastic in the ocean to “wasteful packaging, bogus recycling, and flawed landfills and incinerators” (Booklist, starred review). Eat a take-out meal, buy a pair of shoes, or read a newspaper, and you’re soon faced with a bewildering amount of garbage. The United States is the planet’s number-one producer of trash. Each American throws out 4.5 pounds daily. But garbage is also a global problem. Today, the Pacific Ocean contains six times more plastic waste than zooplankton. How did we end up with this much rubbish, and where does it all go? Journalist and filmmaker Heather Rogers answers these questions by taking readers on a grisly and fascinating tour through the underworld of garbage. Gone Tomorrow excavates the history of rubbish handling from the nineteenth century to the present, pinpointing the roots of today’s waste-addicted society. With a “lively authorial voice,” Rogers draws connections between modern industrial production, consumer culture, and our throwaway lifestyle (New York Press). She also investigates the politics of recycling and the export of trash to poor countries, while offering a potent argument for change. “A clear-thinking and peppery writer, Rogers presents a galvanizing exposé of how we became the planet’s trash monsters. . . . [Gone Tomorrow] details everything that is wrong with today’s wasteful packaging, bogus recycling, and flawed landfills and incinerators. . . . Rogers exhibits black-belt precision.” —Booklist, starred review
New York Court of Appeals. Records and Briefs.
Author: New York (State).Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description