02339nam a2200361 a 4500 ebr10528245 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 110126s2012 mau sb 001 0 eng d 2010053623 9780262016001 (hardcover alk. paper) 9780262298551 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)774393839 n-us--- TD794.5 .M285 2012eb 363.72/820973 22 MacBride, Samantha. Recycling reconsidered [electronic resource] : the present failure and future promise of environmental action in the United States / Samantha MacBride. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2012. xii, 303 p. Urban and industrial environments Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- Rags and bottles -- Curbside recycling collection -- Tonnage and toxicity : the nonissue of nonhazardous industrial waste -- Scale and sufficiency : zero waste and the quest for environmental -- Justice -- Extended plastics responsibility : producers as reluctant stewards -- Conclusion -- Appendix i - Summary of the best available data from the us EPA on solid waste -- Generation, disposal and recycling in the United States -- Appendix ii - Summary of textile and glass disposal and recycling, for the most recent -- Year available, in the United States -- Appendix iii - Changes in MSW quantity and composition over time -- Appendix iv - Fractions of MSW that can be targeted for reuse using a model of repair -- Refurbishment, and retailing -- Appendix v - Details on various quantities of different plastics in MSW-- Appendix vi -- Series list. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Recycling (Waste, etc.) Government policy United States. Refuse and refuse disposal United States. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Urban and industrial environments. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10528245 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 232841 232841