Samantha MacBride

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Recycling Reconsidered: The Present Failure and Future Promise of Environmental Action in the United StatesPaperback, 16 August 2013

Recycling Reconsidered: The Present Failure and Future Promise of Environmental Action in the United States
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Reading Age
Ages: 18
Grade Levels
13
Part of Series
Urban and Industrial Environments
Part of Series
Urban and Industrial Environments (Paperback)
Print Length
320 pages
Language
English
Publisher
MIT Press
Date Published
16 Aug 2013
ISBN-10
0262525240
ISBN-13
9780262525244

Description

How the success and popularity of recycling has diverted attention from the steep environmental costs of manufacturing the goods we consume and discard.

Recycling is widely celebrated as an environmental success story. The accomplishments of the recycling movement can be seen in municipal practice, a thriving private recycling industry, and widespread public support and participation. In the United States, more people recycle than vote. But, as Samantha MacBride points out in this book, the goals of recycling--saving the earth (and trees), conserving resources, and greening the economy--are still far from being realized. The vast majority of solid wastes are still burned or buried. MacBride argues that, since the emergence of the recycling movement in 1970, manufacturers of products that end up in waste have successfully prevented the implementation of more onerous, yet far more effective, forms of sustainable waste policy. Recycling as we know it today generates the illusion of progress while allowing industry to maintain the status quo and place responsibility on consumers and local government.

MacBride offers a series of case studies in recycling that pose provocative questions about whether the current ways we deal with waste are really the best ways to bring about real sustainability and environmental justice. She does not aim to debunk or discourage recycling but to help us think beyond recycling as it is today.

Product Details

Audience:
Ages: 18
Author:
Samantha MacBride
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
16 August 2013
Dimensions:
23.04 x 15.16 x 2.08 cm
Educational Level:
Grade Levels: 13
Genre:
Ecology
ISBN-10:
0262525240
ISBN-13:
9780262525244
Language:
English
Location:
Cambridge
Pages:
320
Publisher:
Weight:
426.38 gm

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