LEADER 03751nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910778927403321 005 20230725060014.0 010 $a1-283-86431-2 010 $a0-8135-5087-4 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813550879 035 $a(CKB)2550000000084252 035 $a(EBL)858952 035 $a(OCoLC)775872922 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000606497 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11354694 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606497 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10582130 035 $a(PQKB)10230459 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC858952 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16168 035 $a(DE-B1597)530247 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813550879 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL858952 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10533624 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL417681 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000084252 100 $a20101124d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMaking a green machine$b[electronic resource] $ethe infrastructure of beverage container recycling /$fFinn Arne Jørgensen 210 $aNew Brunswick, NJ $cRutgers University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (205 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in modern science, technology, and the environment 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-5054-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tFigures -- $tPreface -- $tChapter 1. Bottles, Cans, and Everyday Environmentalism -- $tChapter 2. The Problem of Bottles -- $tChapter 3. Creating Bottle Infrastructures -- $tChapter 4. A World of Bottles -- $tChapter 5. Can Cultures -- $tChapter 6. Greening the RVM -- $tChapter 7. Making Disposables Environmentally Friendly -- $tChapter 8. Message in a Bottle -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex -- $tAbout the Author 330 $aConsider an empty bottle or can, one of the hundreds of billions of beverage containers that are discarded worldwide every year. Empty containers have been at the center of intense political controversies, technological innovation processes, and the modern environmental movement. Making a Green Machine examines the development of the Scandinavian beverage container deposit-refund system, which has the highest return rates in the world, from 1970 to present. Finn Arne Jørgensen investigates the challenges the system faced when exported internationally and explores the critical role of technological infrastructures and consumer convenience in modern recycling. His comparative framework charts the complex network of business and political actors involved in the development of the reverse vending machine (RVM) and bottle deposit legislation to better understand the different historical trajectories empty beverage containers have taken across markets, including the U.S. The RVM has served as more than a hole in the wall--it began simply as a tool for grocers who had to handle empty refillable glass bottles, but has become a green machine to redeem the empty beverage container, helping both business and consumers participate in environmental actions. 410 0$aStudies in modern science, technology, and the environment. 606 $aBeverage containers$xRecycling$zScandinavia 606 $aBeverage containers$xRecycling$zUnited States 615 0$aBeverage containers$xRecycling 615 0$aBeverage containers$xRecycling 676 $a363.72 676 $a363.7288 700 $aJørgensen$b Finn Arne$f1975-$01506825 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778927403321 996 $aMaking a green machine$93737216 997 $aUNINA