Recycling
By: Viqi Wagner, book editor.
Contributors: Wagner, Viqi, 1953-
Series: Issues that concern you
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Detroit, MI
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780737743500
Subjects: Refuse and refuse disposal -- Social aspects; Recycling (Waste, etc.) -- Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The benefits of recycling outweigh the costs / Economist; title: The costs of recycling outweigh the benefits / Michael Munger; title: Recycling is better for the environment / Adam Beazley; title: Recycling is bad for the environment / Allan L. Griff; title: Electronic waste is a major recycling problem / Elizabeth Grossman; title: Recyclers and governments are tackling the e-waste problem / Andrew K. Burger; title: Curbside recycling increases when people do not have to sort their trash / Susan Kinsella; title: Curbside recycling works better when people presort their trash / Brian Taylor; title: Curbside recycling increases in pay-as-you-throw communities / Janice Canterbury and Sue Eisenfeld; title: Forced recycling programs do not work / Per Bylund; title: Bottle bills are a great incentive to recycle / Jenny Gitlitz and Pat Franklin; title: Bottle bills are a poor incentive to recycle / Tennessee Grocers & Convenience Store Association; title: Plastic bags are better than paper / Skaidra Smith-Heisters; title: Plastic bags are a recycling nightmare / Katharine Mieszkowski; title: Reducing and reusing is better than recycling / Melissa M. Ezarik.