Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780316030731 (0316030732)
Publish date: October 15th 2007
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Book Club,
Science,
Environment,
Biology,
Ecology,
Culture,
Sociology,
United States,
Sustainability
hey, don't we live in interesting times? back in that ancient ancient year of 2000 or whatever, way before ebooks blew up, the primary distinction between a good and fair writer (poor writers never make it past the agent) was whether their work came out in "mass market paperback" (those small, stand...
It's rare for me to finish a book and carry it straightaway to my computer to order all the books in its bibliography, but in this case, that's exactly what I did. It's one of those books that helps one to understand that everything one knows about, oh, say, recycling is completely and utterly wrong...
Elizabeth Royte decided one day to find out what happened to her garbage. The result is Garbage Land, a mesmerizing trip through the hidden, but necessary, side of the consumption society.The waste stream has tripled since 1960, 4.3 pounds per person. In 2003, every American generated 1.31 tons of t...
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