This other side of the story is the first to show how waste
products contribute positively to the economy, and to place garbage
in perspective when considering the total use of America's
resources. Alexander comes to this subject with 40 years of
experience in making and recycling disposable products and in
studying litter and municipal waste issues. He sees the garbage
crisis as a political, not a physical, problem and introduces a
non-cash national solution. He deals with popular misconceptions
about the quantity and growth of garbage, resource consumption,
forest productivity, packaging, disposal taxes, landfills,
incineration and recycling. Written for open-minded lay readers,
policymakers, professionals, and serious-minded students, this is
an important contribution to the study of our current environmental
situation.
Alexander proposes that the problem does not necessarily lie
with the quantity of our resources, population growth, affluence,
or with space or pollution, but rather with politics, fear, and
misinformation. Alexander offers a survey of the history of
garbage, considers the quantity and contents of the waste, and
provides us with ways to save our nonrenewable resources.
Especially compelling is the discussion of the characteristics and
products of our throwaway society. Also covered is the role of
packaging, measures for source reduction, the promise and problems
of recycling different types of material, biodegradation, compost
and litter, and the collection and disposal of municipal solid
waste. In Defense of Garbage is about the politics of garbage.
Reading this eye-opening book is a sure way to become part of the
solution to one of the most hotly-debated problems in the world
today.
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