Garbage land
Subtitle: on the secret trail of trash
By: Elizabeth Royte.
Edition: 1st Back Bay paperback ed.
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9780316154611
Subjects: Refuse and refuse disposal -- New York (State) -- New York
Notes: Includes bibliographical references p. ([299]-300) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Quantifying in the kitchen; title: pt. 1. To the dump; title: 1. Dark angels of detritus; title: 2. Amphibious assault; title: 3. Stalking the active face; title: 4. The spectacle of waste; title: pt. 2. Avoiding the dump; title: 5. Behold this compost; title: 6. Forward into the flexo nip; title: 7. Hammer of the Gods; title: 8. Mercury rising; title: 9. Satan's resin; title: pt. 3. Flushing it away; title: 10. Downstream; title: 11. In the realm of taboo; title: pt. 4. Piling on; title: 12. It's coming on Christmas; title: 13. The dream of zero waste; title: 14. The ecological citizen.