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Outsmart waste : the modern idea of garbage and how to think our way out of it /

"Garbage doesn't exist in nature--the output of one organism is the useful input of another. So why does garbage exist in the human system? Why did it only become a problem the past century? And most importantly, how can we eliminate it--outsmart the very idea of garbage? Eco-entrepreneur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Szaky, Tom
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2014.
Colección:BK currents book.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1. Where the modern idea of garbage originated
  • chapter 2. The role of the individual purchase
  • chapter 3. Our primary global solution to waste : bury it
  • chapter 4. The energy inherent in our waste
  • chapter 5. The hierarchy of waste
  • chapter 6. The art of upcycling
  • chapter 7. The science of recycling
  • chapter 8. The critical element of separation
  • chapter 9. The economics of outsmarting waste.