Recycling in America [electronic resource] : a reference handbook / Debra L. Strong.
Material type: TextSeries: Contemporary world issuesPublication details: Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1997.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (xvi, 330 p.) : ill., mapsISBN:- 058505892X (electronic bk.)
- 9780585058924 (electronic bk.)
- 363.72/82/0973 21
- TD794.5 .S77 1997eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ch. 1. Recycling: a state of flux -- Overview of the past: recycling for necessity or profit -- Sudden changes in the industry -- Integrated solid waste management: a hierarchy -- Subtitle D -- Present: a continuing state of evolution -- Curbside recycling -- Product contamination -- materials recovery facilities: MRFs -- Economics of recycling -- Pay-as-you-throw -- Completing the cycle -- Hopes for the future -- New focus: source reduction -- New technologies: businesses born of the need to recycle -- How to use this book -- ch. 2. Chronology -- ch. 3. Biographies -- William M. Ferretti -- Peter L. Grogan -- Don Kneass -- Chaz Miller -- Gary Michael Petersen -- Jerry Powell -- Nancy VandenBerg -- Jeanne Lynn Wirka -- ch. 4. Facts and data -- Aluminum cans -- Steel "tin" cans -- Glass -- Plastic -- Paper -- Food and yard wastes: composting -- Metal -- Miscellaneous recyclable products -- ch. 5. State laws and regulations -- ch. 6. State, federal, and private recycling organizations -- ch. 7. Reference materials -- ch. 8. Online resources.
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