by Brebbia, C. A., Tiezzi, Enzo, International Conference on the Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development, and Ecological Hazards, Patagonia, Argentina and Chile), Conti, M. E.
fromWIT transactions on ecology and the environment
How can garbage turn into gold' What does recycling have to do with globalization' Where does all that stuff we throw away go, anyway' When you drop your Diet Coke can or yesterday's newspaper in the recycling bin, where does it go' Probably halfway around the world, to people a…
"When you drop your Diet Coke can or yesterday's newspaper in the recycling bin, where does it go? Probably halfway around the world, to people and places that clean up what you don't want and turn it into something you can't wait to buy. In Junkyard Planet, Adam Minter-- vetera…
Follows the journey of American trash from the garbage can to the dump, the recycling center, and elsewhere, speaking to experts on varied aspects of garbage--odor chemists, conservation scientists, CEOs, and others; examining the impact of consumption on the environment; and ex…
Charting New York's four-hundred-year struggle with trash, an anthropologist who spent ten years with sanitation workers of all ranks reveals what it takes for the Department of Sanitation to manage Gotham's garbage
Charting New York's four-hundred-year struggle with trash, an anthropologist who spent ten years with sanitation workers of all ranks reveals what it takes for the Department of Sanitation to manage Gotham's garbage
"In 1995, with the establishment of the Palestinian Authority, Israel transferred responsibility for waste management in the West Bank to the nascent Palestinian government. While electricity, water, roads, and telecommunications remained largely controlled by Israel building ne…
"The safe disposal of dis ...
