Recycling in America: A Reference Handbook (Electronic book text)

The award-winning first edition of Recycling in America riveted our attention on the challenges our world faces in light of diminishing resources. This revised edition updates the acclaimed first edition with new information on organizations, legal issues surrounding recycling, and new recycling technology. The information-packed volume focuses on the role of recycling in solid waste management and in relation to other pressing environmental issues such as global warming, deforestation, conservation, and the depletion of natural resources. The author reviews materials currently being recycled and those that can no longer be overlooked, and the responsibility of industry to create new materials and products in the future. This book will make you look at and think about the way you live and what you waste.