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Author : D. R. Leo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (14 download)
Download or read book A Primer of Garbage written by D. R. Leo and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Pamela Murphy
Publisher : Lyons Press
ISBN 13 : 9781558212503
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (125 download)
Download or read book The Garbage Primer written by Pamela Murphy and published by Lyons Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses source reduction, recycling, incineration, landfills, and facility siting and financing
Author : Stuart A. Kallen
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books ™
ISBN 13 : 1512467960
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (124 download)
Download or read book Trashing the Planet written by Stuart A. Kallen and published by Twenty-First Century Books ™. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a global scale, humans create around 2.6 trillion pounds of waste every year. None of this trash is harmless—landfills and dumps leak toxic chemicals into soil and groundwater, while incinerators release toxic gases and particles into the air. What can we do to keep garbage from swallowing up Earth? Reducing, reusing, recycling, and upcycling are some of the answers. Learn more about the work of the US Environmental Protection Agency, the Ocean Cleanup Array, the zero waste movement, and the many other government, business, research, and youth efforts working to solve our planet's garbage crisis.
Author : Alex Pascual
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781795183352
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (833 download)
Download or read book Stop Garbage: The Truth about Recycling written by Alex Pascual and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 Bestseller in waste management Stop Garbage sheds some light on the world of waste and recycling, topics often filled with questions for most readers. Do we really know why it's important to recycle and the consequences of not doing it? What environmental impact does our behavior have? What trends will prevail in waste management during the next decade? Far from being a technical book, Stop Garbage introduces us to the field of waste and recycling in a clear and enjoyable way. It deals with garbage or waste, whatever you want to call it, but in it you will also find a kidnapping, a destroyer, successes, food waste, the biggest dump in the world, the first incinerator, questions about money and employment or riddles: how many times can you fill the Camp Nou Stadium with one year's waste? How many trees do we save from felling if we recycle paper? What's the best waste in the world? Added to this, multimedia content, articles and videos make up a didactic book of reading which is, without a shadow of a doubt, entertaining. After years of experience in the sector, Alex Pascual (Barcelona, 1976) brings us closer to the key concepts that can help us to formulate our own opinion on the subject. A book full of vital data as well as funny anecdotes that will trigger successive reflections on waste management, undoubtedly one of the pillars of the contemporary and future commitment to the environment. About the author Industrial Engineer specialist in waste management, street cleaning and public services. He has been working in the private sector for many years and now, after more than nine years works as a public services chief for a city council. He also writes on a blog about the same subject www.stopgarbage.com, Twitter profile @stopbasura1 and on Instagram as @stopbasura. Readers reviews " It is a very affordable book for anyone who wants to know how the recycling system works in Spain. With a simple language and away from the technicalities, step by step the writer introduces you to why it is important to recycle, the main magnitudes in our country and the recycling process of each container ." Nicolás "This is a good book to understand the garbage and what represents in our society. It is impressive to read the data and interpretation that the author gives us ..."Luis "Very good book, practical, with a surprising data that reveals and the clarity of the explanation. Despite containing a large amount of information, its reading is enjoyable and facilitated by numerous graphics, links to websites, etc. The book really opens your eyes to the world of recycling! Highly recommended. "Dani
Author : Tom Szaky
Publisher : Harper Design
ISBN 13 : 9780062348852
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (488 download)
Download or read book Make Garbage Great written by Tom Szaky and published by Harper Design. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fun, pop culture exploration, two ecological entrepreneurs examine the materials we use in our daily lives, show how they impact the environment, and provide project ideas—from recycling to upcycling and more—to lessen our impact and protect our world. Jam-packed with information, more than 200 photographs and illustrations, and approximately twenty DIY projects, this engaging, graphic volume shows us how we all can cut down, reuse, and repurpose the garbage we produce. With its easy hands-on design, Make Garbage Great contains information, little known facts, compelling graphics, and colorful illustrations and photos on a variety of common household waste-stream materials: Plastics, Glass and Ceramics, Paper, Wood, Textiles, Metal, Rubber, and Organics. Tom Szaky, the founder of the award-winning nonprofit, environmental company TerraCycle, introduces each and explains what he’s learned about it in his personal life and with TerraCycle. He and Albe Zakes then provide a graphic historical timeline of each material's use in commercial goods—from how it’s manufactured to what happens when it’s throw out—an analysis of its impact on the environment now and tomorrow; suggestions for DIY projects to save it from the trash bin, and lists of helpful resources. They also include sidebars and definitions, fun and quirky facts, lists of reuse ideas, quotes, and illuminating interviews that add depth and insight. All of us have a responsibility to protect our environment. Informative and inspirational, Make Garbage Great shows us how to be creative custodians today—and for the rest of our lives.
Author : Hans Y. Tammemagi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195351681
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)
Download or read book The Waste Crisis written by Hans Y. Tammemagi and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999-12-16 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As populations continue to increase, society produces more and more waste. Yet it is becoming increasingly difficult to build new landfills, and the existing landfills are causing significant environmental damage. Finding solutions is not simple; the problem is enormous in size, vital in terms of its impact on the environment, and complex in scope. This book provides a vast look at solid waste management in North America and seeks solutions to the waste crisis. It describes the magnitude and complexity of the problem, focusing on municipal wastes and placing them in the perspective of other wastes such as hazardous, biochemical, and radioactive debris. It describes the components of an integrated waste management program, including recycling, composting, landfills, and waste incinerators, and it presents in detail the scientific and engineering principles underlying these technologies. To illustrate both the problems and solutions of waste management programs, the authors provide seven case histories, among them the Fresh Kills (Staten Island, New York), the East Carbon Landfill (Utah), and the Lancaster County Municipal Waste Incinerator (Pennsylvania). The Waste Crisis is unique in its attempt to analyze waste management in a broader societal context and to propose solutions based on basic principles. And by doing so, it encourages readers to challenge commonly held perceptions and to seek new and better ways of dealing with waste. As such, this book deserves a place on the bookshelf of anyone who deals with or feels the need to confront the growing problems of waste management.
Author : Canada. Environment Canada
Publisher : Gage Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book A Primer on Waste Management written by Canada. Environment Canada and published by Gage Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This primer is intended to provide answers to frequently asked questions about wastes, and with suggestions for reducing wastes at home, school, and work. Types of wastes not discussed include those regulated by agencies other than federal or provincial ministries (such as sewage, forestry and agricultural wastes, mine tailings, and nuclear waste), conventional water effluents, or air emissions. Questions and answers are arranged in the following sections: what wastes are and how they are generated; current means of waste disposal, and environmental fate of wastes; waste management methods such as recycling and composting; waste disposal economics; hazardous wastes and their control; household hazardous wastes such as motor oil, batteries, and paint; making informed choices about waste management; and reduction of wastes at home and school. Includes glossary.
Author : Kate O'Neill
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0745687431
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Waste written by Kate O'Neill and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-09-04 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Waste is one of the planet’s last great resource frontiers. From furniture made from up-cycled wood to gold extracted from computer circuit boards, artisans and multinational corporations alike are finding ways to profit from waste while diverting materials from overcrowded landfills. Yet beyond these benefits, this “new” resource still poses serious risks to human health and the environment. In this unique book, Kate O’Neill traces the emergence of the global political economy of wastes over the past two decades. She explains how the emergence of waste governance initiatives and mechanisms can help us deal with both the risks and the opportunities associated with the hundreds of millions – possibly billions – of tons of waste we generate each year. Drawing on a range of fascinating case studies to develop her arguments, including China’s role as the primary recipient of recyclable plastics and scrap paper from the Western world, “Zero-Waste” initiatives, the emergence of transnational waste-pickers’ alliances, and alternatives for managing growing volumes of electronic and food wastes, O’Neill shows how waste can be a risk, a resource, and even a livelihood, with implications for governance at local, national, and global levels.
Author : J. Senthil Kumar
Publisher : Bentham Science Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9811476535
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (114 download)
Download or read book A Primer on Earth Pollution: Pollution Types and Disposal written by J. Senthil Kumar and published by Bentham Science Publishers. This book was released on 2020-12-23 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Primer on Earth Pollution: Pollution Types and Disposal, is an encyclopedia of important research articles and short essays on pollution. Chapters in the initial half provide information about a wide variety of pollutants (dyes and microplastics) and contributing factors (thermal pollution and the impact of GM plants, for instance). Each chapter explains the nature of polluting agents and presents notes and references on preventive measures. Notes on the associated clinical complications due to exposure are also proved where applicable, such as the case of MDR bacteria in marine environments. The latter chapters of the book cover the biotechnology of medical waste disposal using microbes as well as nanotechnology used for limiting the spread of COVID-19. The volume is a handy reference for students and trainees in the field of environmental science as it brings a balance of basic and applied information on the subject of pollution.
Author : Tom Szaky
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1523095512
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)
Download or read book The Future of Packaging written by Tom Szaky and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outstanding Book of the Year gold medalist and “Most Likely to Save the Planet” from the Independent Book Publisher Awards. Tom Szaky sets out to do the impossible – eliminate all waste. This book paints a future of a “circular economy” that relies on responsible reuse and recycling to propel the world towards eradicating overconsumption and waste. Only 35 percent of the 240 million metric tons of waste generated in the United States alone gets recycled, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. This extraordinary collection shows how manufacturers can move from a one-way take-make-waste economy that is burying the world in waste to a circular, make-use-recycle economy. Steered by Tom Szaky, recycling pioneer, eco-capitalist, and founder and CEO of TerraCycle, each chapter is coauthored by an expert in his or her field. From the distinct perspectives of government leaders, consumer packaged goods companies, waste management firms, and more, the book explores current issues of production and consumption, practical steps for improving packaging and reducing waste today, and big ideas and concepts that can be carried forward. Intended to help every business from a small start-up to a large established consumer product company, this book serves as a source of knowledge and inspiration. The message from these pioneers is not to scale back but to innovate upward. They offer nothing less than a guide to designing ourselves out of waste and into abundance.
Author : Jeffrey Burton
Publisher : Little Simon
ISBN 13 : 1534442464
Total Pages : 7 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (344 download)
Download or read book The Wheels on the Garbage Truck written by Jeffrey Burton and published by Little Simon. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the beloved Itsy Bitsy board book series comes a silly and smelly adventure all about garbage trucks. An action-packed yet adorable story, The Wheels on the Garbage Truck is the second book in a new series that is perfect for parents and little ones who love things that go. Follow the garbage truck around town as cuddly animal garbage collectors clean up the neighborhood!
Author : Jonathan Bloom
Publisher : Da Capo Lifelong Books
ISBN 13 : 0738215627
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (382 download)
Download or read book American Wasteland written by Jonathan Bloom and published by Da Capo Lifelong Books. This book was released on 2011-08-30 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Tom Vanderbilt did for traffic and Brian Wansink did for mindless eating, Jonathan Bloom does for food waste. The topic couldn't be timelier: As more people are going hungry while simultaneously more people are morbidly obese, American Wasteland sheds light on the history, culture, and mindset of waste while exploring the parallel eco-friendly and sustainable-food movements. As the era of unprecedented prosperity comes to an end, it's time to reexamine our culture of excess. Working at both a local grocery store and a major fast food chain and volunteering with a food recovery group, Bloom also interviews experts—from Brian Wansink to Alice Waters to Nobel Prize–winning economist Amartya Sen—and digs up not only why and how we waste, but, more importantly, what we can do to change our ways.
Author : Max Liboiron
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262369516
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)
Download or read book Discard Studies written by Max Liboiron and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An argument that social, political, and economic systems maintain power by discarding certain people, places, and things. Discard studies is an emerging field that looks at waste and wasting broadly construed. Rather than focusing on waste and trash as the primary objects of study, discard studies looks at wider systems of waste and wasting to explore how some materials, practices, regions, and people are valued or devalued, becoming dominant or disposable. In this book, Max Liboiron and Josh Lepawsky argue that social, political, and economic systems maintain power by discarding certain people, places, and things. They show how the theories and methods of discard studies can be applied in a variety of cases, many of which do not involve waste, trash, or pollution. Liboiron and Lepawsky consider the partiality of knowledge and offer a theory of scale, exploring the myth that most waste is municipal solid waste produced by consumers; discuss peripheries, centers, and power, using content moderation as an example of how dominant systems find ways to discard; and use theories of difference to show that universalism, stereotypes, and inclusion all have politics of discard and even purification—as exemplified in “inclusive” efforts to broaden the Black Lives Matter movement. Finally, they develop a theory of change by considering “wasting well,” outlining techniques, methods, and propositions for a justice-oriented discard studies that keeps power in view.
Download or read book A Primer for People who Care! written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lawrence S. Luton
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN 13 : 0822974878
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)
Download or read book The Politics of Garbage written by Lawrence S. Luton and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increased enviromental awareness, more demands on local governments, a newly invigorated citizen activism, and a decaying and overburdened infrastructure have made taking care of our garbage one of the major policy making challenges facing local communities. Luton uses the case study of Spokane WA to analyze the public administration and socio-political context of solid waste policy making. Luton's thorough exploration of Spokane's experience as opens a window onto contemporary issues of solid waste management as well as the complex social and political environment in which public administrators must operate. His integration of systems theory in the analysis adds to the book's value as a teaching tool for courses on policy making, urban planning, public administration, and the environment. He examines the complex combination of ecological, political, social and relational dynamics that affect such policies, providing insight into inter-governmental public policy making.
Author : Environmental Citizenship Learning Program (Canada)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780662208020
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (8 download)
Download or read book A Primer on Waste Management written by Environmental Citizenship Learning Program (Canada) and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Núria Jiménez
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780764145469
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (454 download)
Download or read book Yuck! Waste written by Núria Jiménez and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents information about trash and other waste products and the dangers that they pose if they are not disposed of properly, and teaches the importance of reducing, reusing, and recycling items in order to reduce the amount of waste produced.
