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Author Humes, Edward.

Title Garbology : our dirty love affair with trash / Edward Humes.

Publication Info. New York : Avery/Penguin Group (USA), [2012]
©2012
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1551135~S1
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 Naper Blvd. Adult Nonfiction  628.44 HUM    RECENTLY RETURNED
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Description 277 pages : illustrations, graphs, map, charts, form ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-268) and index.
Contents 102 tons, or, Becoming China's trash compactor -- The biggest thing we make -- Ain't no mountain high enough -- Piggeries and burn piles : an American trash genesis -- From trash TV to landfill rodeos -- The last and future kingdom -- Down to the sea in chips -- Nerds vs. Nurdles -- The trash detectives -- The trash trackers -- Decadence now -- The way back -- Pick of the litter -- Chico and the man -- Green cities and garbage death rays -- Put-down, pickups and the power of no -- Garbage in, garbage out.
Summary From the quirky to the astounding, Garbology weighs in with remarkable true tales from the front lines of the war on waste.
"Narrative science book about trash."--Provided by publisher.
Subject Refuse and refuse disposal.
Environmental engineering.
Salvage (Waste, etc.) -- China.
Added Title Our dirty love affair with trash.
ISBN 9781583334348
1583334343
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SRP 2013
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August 14 2013
SRP 2013 REVIEW: Interesting history (from a liberal perspective) of how we handle a major product of the industrial revolution, garbage. Comparisons are made to how other world powers are handling their refuse.
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