Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash - Couverture rigide

Royte, Elizabeth

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0316738263 ISBN 13 : 9780316738262

Editeur : Little Brown & Co, 2005

Synopsis

Garbage Land An investigation into America's relationship with trash takes readers on four separate tours in which the author analyzes her household trash, compostable matter, recyclables, and sewage, in an account that reveals what happens to garbage and the relevance of waste products and their disposal practices. By the author of The Tapir's Morning Bath. Full description

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Out of sight, out of mind ... Into our trash cans go dead batteries, dirty diapers, bygone burritos, broken toys, tattered socks, eight-track cassettes, scratched CDs, banana peels.... But where do these things go next? In a country that consumes and then casts off more and more, what actually happens to the things we throw away? In Garbage Land, acclaimed science writer Elizabeth Royte leads us on the wild adventure that begins once our trash hits the bottom of the can. Along the way, we meet an odor chemist who explains why trash smells so bad; garbage fairies and recycling gurus; neighbors of massive waste dumps; CEOs making fortunes by encouraging waste or encouraging recycling-often both at the same time; scientists trying to revive our most polluted places; fertilizer fanatics and adventurers who kayak amid sewage; paper people, steel people, aluminum people, plastic people, and even a guy who swears by recycling human waste. With a wink and a nod and a tightly clasped nose, Royte takes us on a bizarre cultural tour through slime, stench, and heat-in other words, through the back end of our ever-more supersized lifestyles. By showing us what happens to the things we've "disposed of," Royte reminds us that our decisions about consumption and waste have a very real impact-and that unless we undertake radical change, the garbage we create will always be with us: in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we consume. Radiantly written and boldly reported, Garbage Land is a brilliant exploration into the soiled heart of the American trash can.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Little Brown & Co
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0316738263
• ISBN 13: 9780316738262
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 311
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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