TY - BOOK AU - MacBride,Samantha ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Recycling reconsidered: the present failure and future promise of environmental action in the United States T2 - Urban and industrial environments AV - TD794.5 .M285 2012 U1 - 363.72/820973 22 PY - 2012/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - MIT Press KW - Recycling (Waste, etc.) KW - Government policy KW - United States KW - Refuse and refuse disposal KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Rags and bottles -- Curbside recycling collection -- Tonnage and toxicity : the nonissue of nonhazardous industrial waste -- Scale and sufficiency : zero waste and the quest for environmental -- Justice -- Extended plastics responsibility : producers as reluctant stewards -- Conclusion -- Appendix i - Summary of the best available data from the us EPA on solid waste -- Generation, disposal and recycling in the United States -- Appendix ii - Summary of textile and glass disposal and recycling, for the most recent -- Year available, in the United States -- Appendix iii - Changes in MSW quantity and composition over time -- Appendix iv - Fractions of MSW that can be targeted for reuse using a model of repair -- Refurbishment, and retailing -- Appendix v - Details on various quantities of different plastics in MSW-- Appendix vi -- Series list; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3339378 ER -