Everyman's guide to ecological living
By: [by] Greg M. Cailliet, Paulette Y. Setzer [and] Milton S. Love.
Contributors: Setzer, Paulette Y., joint author.; Love, Milton S., joint author.
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1971
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 119
Subjects: Ecology; Pollution
Notes: Bibliography: p. 106-114.
Table of contents: title: Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- General rules to live by -- Resources to be conserved -- Packaging materials. Aluminum and tin cans -- Glass bottles and jars -- Plastics -- Wax-cardboard containers -- Shopping bags -- Wood and paper products. Wood -- Newspapers -- Magazines and telephone books -- Books -- Stationery, cards, and wrapping -- Advertising -- Miscellaneous paper products -- Solid waste disposal. Recycling centers -- Municipal operations -- Petroleum products. Transportation -- Power generation and use -- Air -- Water. Conservation of water -- Water quality and sewage treatment -- Metals -- Food -- Food scraps. Homemade soap recipe -- Composting -- Endangered wildlife -- Land -- Consumer power -- Pollutants -- Pesticides -- Herbicides -- Cleansers -- Metallic toxins. Lead -- Mercury -- Political action -- Population -- Will technology save us? -- Recommended information and action sources -- Books -- Periodicals -- Organizations -- Literature cited.