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Why Do We Recycle? : Markets, Values, and Public Policy.

The earnest warnings of an impending "solid waste crisis" that permeated the 1980s provided the impetus for the widespread adoption of municipal recycling programs, and since that time America has witnessed a remarkable rise in public participation in recycling activities. Recently, howeve...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ackerman, Frank
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington DC : Island Press, 1996.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Beyond the Trash Can""; ""Getting the Prices Wrong""; ""More Than the Market""; ""A Truck Is a Terrible Thing to Waste""; ""Drink Boxes, Styrofoam, and PVC""; ""The Dot Heard Around the World""; ""Bottle Bills, Litter, and the Cost of Convenience""; ""Organic Waste and the Virtue of Inaction""; ""The Hidden Utility""; ""Material Use and Sustainable Affluence""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""