Recycling Reconsidered The Present Failure and Future Promise of Environmental Action in the United States

Name: Recycling Reconsidered The Present Failure and Future Promise of Environmental Action in the United States
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ISBN: 9780262525244

ISBN-10: 0262525240

ISBN-13: 9780262525244

Edition: 2011

Authors: Samantha Macbride

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Recycling is widely celebrated as an environmental success story. The accomplishmentsof 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 thanvote. But, as Samantha MacBride points out in this book, the goals of recycling -- saving the earth(and trees), conserving resources, and greening the economy -- are still far from being realized.The vast majority of solid wastes are still burned or buried. MacBride argues that, since theemergence of the recycling movement in 1970, manufacturers of products that end up in waste havesuccessfully prevented the…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 8/16/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.94" wide x 9.00" long x 0.89" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Acronyms and Abbreviations


Introduction



Rags and Bottles



Curbside Recycling Collection



Tonnage and Toxicity: The Nonissue of Nonhazardous Industrial Waste



Scale and Sufficiency: Zero Waste and the Quest for Environmental Justice



Extended Plastics Responsibility: Producers as Reluctant Stewards


Conclusion



Summary of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Data on Solid-Waste Generation, Disposal, and Recycling in the United States



Summary of Textile and Glass Disposal and Recycling in the United States and New York City



Changes in Quantity and Composition of Municipal Solid Waste over Time



Fractions of Municipal Solid Waste Suitable for Reuse Using a Model of Repair, Refurbishment, and Retailing



Details on Various Quantities of Different Plastics in Municipal Solid Waste



Fractions of Municipal Solid Waste Referred to in the Conclusion


Notes


References


Index


Series List