The future of post-human waste [[electronic resource] ] : towards a new theory of uselessness and usefulness / / by Peter Baofu

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462893603321
• Autore: Baofu Peter
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, : Cambridge Scholars, 2012
• ISBN: 1-4438-4504-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (632 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.728
• Soggetti: Waste products; Refuse and refuse disposal; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: BOOKS ALSO BY PETER BAOFU; CONTENTS; TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; PART ONE; CHAPTER 1; PART TWO; CHAPTER 2; PART THREE; CHAPTER 3; PART FOUR; CHAPTER 4; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Is waste (or trash) really so useless that, as William Faulkner once wrote, ""[r]ead everything-trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. . . . If it is good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out the window""? (TE 2012) Interestingly, th