Why do we recycle : markets, values, and public policy / / Frank Ackerman
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| Autore: |
Ackerman Frank
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| Titolo: |
Why do we recycle : markets, values, and public policy / / Frank Ackerman
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| Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c1997 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (222 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 338.4/33637282 |
| Soggetto topico: | Refuse and refuse disposal - Costs |
| Recycling (Waste, etc.) - Economic aspects | |
| Environmental policy | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-197) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The earnest warnings of an impending "solid waste crisis" that permeated the 1980s provided the impetus for the widespread adoption of municipal recycling programs.Since that time America has witnessed a remarkable rise in public participation in recycling activities, including curbside collection, drop-off centers, and commercial and office. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Why Do We Recycle |
| ISBN: | 1-59726-788-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910964473603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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