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Outsmart waste : the modern idea of garbage and how to think our way out of it, Tom Szaky
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- Summary
- "Garbage doesn't exist in nature--the output of one organism is the useful input of another. So why does garbage exist in the human system? Why did it only become a problem the past century? And most importantly, how can we eliminate it--outsmart the very idea of garbage? Eco-entrepreneur Tom Szaky says that to outsmart waste first we have to understand it, then change how we create it, and finally rethink what we do with it. He traces the roots of our current garbage crisis to 20th century technological advances that resulted in historic changes in consuming habits--both the amount of garbage created and its longevity increased dramatically. Szaky argues we can turn this around by changing what we buy, when we buy, why we buy, and what we do with what we've bought. And through innovative recycling and creative "upcycling" (creating new products from discarded objects) we can stop seeing garbage as useless waste and start seeing it as useful waste--a tremendous volume of resources that are simply misunderstood. After reading this mind-expanding book you will never think of garbage the same way again"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- ix, 156 pages
- Isbn
- 9781626560246
- Label
- Outsmart waste : the modern idea of garbage and how to think our way out of it
- Title
- Outsmart waste
- Title remainder
- the modern idea of garbage and how to think our way out of it
- Statement of responsibility
- Tom Szaky
- Subject
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- HOUSE & HOME / Sustainable Living
- NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection
- trueRecycling (Waste, etc.)
- Refuse and refuse disposal
- trueSolid waste disposal
- trueSolid waste reduction
- trueSustainable living
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Waste Management
- Waste minimization
- trueSolid waste
- trueGarbage collection
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Garbage doesn't exist in nature--the output of one organism is the useful input of another. So why does garbage exist in the human system? Why did it only become a problem the past century? And most importantly, how can we eliminate it--outsmart the very idea of garbage? Eco-entrepreneur Tom Szaky says that to outsmart waste first we have to understand it, then change how we create it, and finally rethink what we do with it. He traces the roots of our current garbage crisis to 20th century technological advances that resulted in historic changes in consuming habits--both the amount of garbage created and its longevity increased dramatically. Szaky argues we can turn this around by changing what we buy, when we buy, why we buy, and what we do with what we've bought. And through innovative recycling and creative "upcycling" (creating new products from discarded objects) we can stop seeing garbage as useless waste and start seeing it as useful waste--a tremendous volume of resources that are simply misunderstood. After reading this mind-expanding book you will never think of garbage the same way again"--
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- Provided by publisher
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- 10275578
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Szaky, Tom
- Dewey number
- 363.72/8
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- TD791
- LC item number
- .S94 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- A BK Currents book
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Refuse and refuse disposal
- Waste minimization
- Recycling (Waste, etc.)
- NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection
- HOUSE & HOME / Sustainable Living
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Waste Management
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the modern idea of garbage and how to think our way out of it
- Label
- Outsmart waste : the modern idea of garbage and how to think our way out of it, Tom Szaky
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1010651
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- ix, 156 pages
- Isbn
- 9781626560246
- Isbn Type
- (pbk. : acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 2013034263
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (Sirsi) i9781626560246
- Label
- Outsmart waste : the modern idea of garbage and how to think our way out of it, Tom Szaky
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1010651
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- ix, 156 pages
- Isbn
- 9781626560246
- Isbn Type
- (pbk. : acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 2013034263
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (Sirsi) i9781626560246
Subject
- HOUSE & HOME / Sustainable Living
- NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection
- trueRecycling (Waste, etc.)
- Refuse and refuse disposal
- trueSolid waste disposal
- trueSolid waste reduction
- trueSustainable living
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Waste Management
- Waste minimization
- trueSolid waste
- trueGarbage collection
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