Gone Tomorrow The Hidden Life of Garbage

Name: Gone Tomorrow The Hidden Life of Garbage
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ISBN: 9781595581204

ISBN-10: 1595581200

ISBN-13: 9781595581204

Edition: 2006

Authors: Heather Rogers

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A sobering exploration of our high-octane trash output that was named an Editor's Choice by the New York Times and a nonfiction choice by The Guardian. 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; the Pacific Ocean is today six times more abundant with 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, oddly fascinating tour…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: New Press, The
Publication date: 9/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.24" wide x 7.48" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Conquest of Garbage



The "Waste Stream"



Rubbish Past



Rationalized Waste



Technological Fix: The Sanitary Landfill



The Golden Age of Waste



Spaceship Earth: Waste and Environmentalism



Recycling: The Politics of Containment



The Corporatization of Garbage



Green by Any Means


Notes


Index