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9780316154611

Garbage Land : On the Secret Trail of Trash

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  • ISBN13:

    9780316154611

  • ISBN10:

    031615461X

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-08-29
  • Publisher: Back Bay Books

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Summary

The wild adventure begins once our trash hits the canas Elizabeth Royte boldly follows the things weve disposed of to their ultimate (often surprising) destination. Her highly praised book melds science, travel, anthropology, and a strong dose of clear-headed analysis as it reminds us how our decisions about consumption and waste have a very real impact.

Table of Contents

Introduction Quantifying in the Kitchen 3(24)
Part One: To the Dump
One Dark Angels of Detritus
27(23)
Two Amphibious Assault
50(13)
Three Stalking the Active Face
63(22)
Four The Spectacle of Waste
85(20)
Part Two: Avoiding the Dump
Five Behold This Compost
105(22)
Six Forward into the Flexo Nip
127(15)
Seven Hammer of the Gods
142(16)
Eight Mercury Rising
158(18)
Nine Satan's Resin
176(21)
Part Three: Flushing It Away
Ten Downstream
197(13)
Eleven In the Realm of Taboo
210(25)
Part Four: Piling On
Twelve It's Coming on Christmas
235(16)
Thirteen The Dream of Zero Waste
251(26)
Fourteen The Ecological Citizen
277(20)
Acknowledgments 297(2)
A Note on Sources 299(2)
Index 301(14)
Reading Group Guide 315

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