Author:
Dondero, Jeff, 1947- author.
ImprintLanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]
Descriptionxiv, 281 pages ; 24 cm
Note:Talkin' trash -- Wasting our 02 -- Waterways waste watch -- Losing land -- Space junk -- Fish to farm to table to trash -- Fashion from trendy to trash: big-time blemishes of the beauty business -- Sweet and sour charity -- Paper waste chase -- Plastics: a blessing and a curse -- Packaging: thinking inside and outside the box -- E-waste : the stuff we couldn't do without is now stuff we don't know what do with -- Opening Pandora's pharmacy -- The impaired industry of producing power -- The industry of waste -- Government's senseless super spending -- The forty-hour workweek waste -- Pet waste: the real poop -- Treasure from trash.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:The US leads the world in many ways, including the amount of waste we produce. Although we constitute less than 5 percent of the world's population, we use up to 30 percent of the world's resources, and per capita we generate the most trash. Throwaway Nation illuminates the problem and suggests ways we can mitigate this environmental disaster.
Note:Recommended in Resources for College Libraries.
