Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine: Sorting Out the Recycling System - Hardcover

Porter, Beth

 
9781538105399: Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine: Sorting Out the Recycling System
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 153810539X ISBN 13: 9781538105399
Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

Ecosystems require balance to survive, and when that balance is compromised, disaster can befall the whole system. To keep a balance in our global ecosystem, we need to use resources efficiently, equitably, and sustainably. In both nature and economics, we observe that when a healthy distribution of resources is achieved, systems can not only function but flourish.

The United States recycles roughly 34% of its waste and has been stuck at this level for decades. Recycling brings a balance to our system by managing resources in a loop. When done well, it benefits communities and the environment. Individuals are a key part of connecting this loop because we provide a supply of materials and a demand for new recycled products. But many of us don't know what happens after those items leave our homes. We're confused by inconsistent rules of what we can and can't recycle. Our confusion has huge consequences and is a reason why our recycling is stuck. Throughout Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine, Beth Porter provides answers to clear up that confusion, and shares great resources about recycling, explaining the complexity, guiding individual action, and contextualizing its history. This book reveals how we arrived at this state of dysfunction, and what steps we need to employ to be an active participant in strengthening our recycling system. Nature knows how to recycle itself, decomposing waste back into the soil to continue the circle of growth. We should follow its lead.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Beth Porter is Green America's Climate & Recycling Director. Beth creates content and resources to help people curb their waste and improve recycling habits. She lives and works in Washington, D.C. Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine is her first book.

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Verlag
Rowman & Littlefield
Erscheinungsdatum
2018
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
153810539X
ISBN 13 
9781538105399
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
232
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