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Recycling reconsidered the present failure and future promise of environmental action in the United States
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Title
Recycling reconsidered [electronic resource] : the present failure and future promise of environmental action in the United States / Samantha MacBride.
ISBN
9780262016001 (hardcover alk. paper)
9780262298551 (e-book)
Published
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2012.
Physical Description
xii, 303 p.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 15, 2013
Series
Urban and industrial environments
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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
Appendix i - Summary of the best available data from the us EPA on solid waste
Generation, disposal and recycling in the United States
Appendix ii - Summary of textile and glass disposal and recycling, for the most recent
Year available, in the United States
Appendix iii - Changes in MSW quantity and composition over time
Appendix iv - Fractions of MSW that can be targeted for reuse using a model of repair
Refurbishment, and retailing
Appendix v - Details on various quantities of different plastics in MSW
Appendix vi
Series list.
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