Provides a history of waste and waste removal throughout the twentieth century. Focuses on the transition from a society based on reusing and recycling to one that prioritizes disposability, materialism, and convenience. Attributes most of the trends discussed with changes in th…
"Of Poverty and Plastic applies an interdisciplinary, 'field economics' approach to poverty analysis, using a mix of survey and ethnographic data to challenge received notions of the nature and extent of narrow income poverty and multiple deprivations experienced by those workin…
"Of Poverty and Plastic applies an interdisciplinary, 'field economics' approach to poverty analysis, using a mix of survey and ethnographic data to challenge received notions of the nature and extent of narrow income poverty and multiple deprivations experienced by those workin…
"This is a book about circular economy (CE) and the fourth industrial revolution (IND 4.0), about their interlinkage and the way their interaction will determine the future of our planet, as the authors of this book assert. Despite the many on-going discussions on both the circu…
"This comprehensive Handbook represents a definitive state of the current art and science of food waste from multiple perspectives. The issue of food waste has emerged in recent years as a major global problem. Recent research has enabled greater understanding and measurement of…
This Handbook is an essential tool for plant managers, process engineers, environmental consultants, and site remediation specialists that focuses on practices for handling a broad range of industrial solid waste problems. In addition to equipment and process options, the author…
"Suitable for practicing professionals in environmental engineering and waste management, as well as students, this book presents the various principles, methods, and tools that can be used to address different issues in the areas of industrial waste reduction and sustainability…
"Though we are the most wasteful people in the history of the world, very few of us know what becomes of our waste. In Waste Away, Joshua O. Reno reveals how North Americans have been shaped by their preferred means of disposal: sanitary landfill. Based on the author's fieldwork…
