Garbage and Recycling
By: Mitchell Young, book editor
Series: Opposing viewpoints series
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: May 25, 2007
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Format: Library binding
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780737736519
Copyright date: 2007
Subjects: Social Problems (General) (Young Adult); Juvenile Nonfiction; Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction; Nature; Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12); Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Science & Nature - Environmental Conservation & Protection; Recycling (Waste, etc.); Refuse and refuse disposal
Table of contents: title: Why consider opposing viewpoints?; title: Introduction; title: ch. 1. How do political and social systems affect garbage disposal?; title: Chapter preface; title: 1. Current municipal waste systems lead to dangerous landfills / Helen Spiegelman and Bill Sheehan; title: 2. The United States has room for twenty-first-century garbage / Bjørn Lomborg; title: 3. Mandatory recycling promotes environmental awareness / Heather Rogers; title: 4. Only necessity will end our wasteful habits / Elizabeth Royte; title: 5. Racial minorities suffer disproportionately from toxic landfills / Eileen Gauna and Sheila Foster; title: 6. Minority community members sometimes cooperate with illegal dumping / David N. Pellow; title: Periodical bibliography; title: ch. 2. Is recycling environmentally and economically successful?; title: Chapter preface; title: 1. Municipalities can profit from well-designed recycling programs / Kivi Leroux Miller; title: 2. The benefits of recycling are a myth / David Benjamin; title: 3. Flexibility is the key to efficient waste disposal practices / Douglas Clement; title: 4. Curbside recycling wastes environmental and economic resources / Asa Janney; title: 5. A recycling program may improve social welfare / Richard C. Porter; title: 6. Electronics recycling is a thriving, environmentally sound business / Elizabeth Grossman; title: Periodical bibliography; title: ch. 3. Do specific types of waste pose a threat?; title: Chapter preface; title: 1. Society must address the potential dangers of e-waste / Morgan O'Rourke; title: 2. The dangers of e-waste are exaggerated / Dana Joel Gattuso; title: 3. Short-term storage of spent nuclear fuel is safe and effective / Matthew L. Wald; title: 4. Technical and political difficulties prevent a permanent nuclear waste storage solution / Allison Macfarlane; title: 5. Safe low-level radioactive waste storage is impossible / Judith Johnsrud; title: 6. Low-level nuclear waste can be disposed of safely / Nuclear Energy Institute; title: 7. Sewage sludge recycling poses a threat to human health / Caroline Snyder; title: 8. Land application of biosolids is safe / Sam Hadeed; title: Periodical bibliography; title: ch. 4. Can new technologies solve waste problems?; title: Chapter preface; title: 1. Modern landfills encourage waste and endanger the environment / Heather Rogers; title: 2. Modern landfills are safe for the environment / National Solid Wastes Management Association; title: 3. Modern incinerators can safely dispose of waste / Environmental Technology Council; title: 4. Recycling beats incineration in the Third World / Brenda Platt; title: Periodical bibliography; title: For further discussion; title: Organizations to contact; title: Bibliography of books; title: Index