Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash - Softcover

Royte, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 031615461X ISBN 13: 9780316154611

Verlag: Little, Brown and Company, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

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? <br><br> In <i>Garbage Land</i>, 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. <br><br> 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, <i>Garbage Land</i> is a brilliant exploration into the soiled heart of the American trash can.

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Críticas

""By turns comic and poetic, the book delivers the pleasures of a long, meandering excursion, in which the act of observing is its own reward."

Reseña del editor

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. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Little, Brown and Company
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 031615461X
• ISBN 13: 9780316154611
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 337
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