Plastic A Toxic Love Story

Name: Plastic A Toxic Love Story
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ISBN: 9780547152400

ISBN-10: 054715240X

ISBN-13: 9780547152400

Edition: 2011

Authors: Susan Freinkel

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Plastic built the modern world: Where would be without bike helmets, baggies, toothbrushes, and pacemakers? But a century into our love affair with plastic, we're starting to realize it's not such a healthy relationship. Plastics draw on dwindling fossil fuels, they leach harmful chemicals, clog up landfills and destroy marine life. As journalist Susan Freinkel points out in this eye-opening book, we're nearing a crisis point: We've produced more plastic in the last decade than in the entire 20th century. We're literally drowning in the stuff, and we need to start making some hard choices. Freinkel arms us with the tools we need. She combs through scientific studies and economic data,…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 4/18/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.05" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Introduction: Plasticville



Improving on Nature



A Throne for the Common Man



Flitting Through Plasticville



ï¿½Humans Are Just a Little Plastic Nowï¿½



Matter Out of Place



Battle of the Bag



Closing the Loop



The Meaning of Green


Epilogue: A Bridge


Cast of Characters


Acknowledgments


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index