Outsmart waste : the modern idea of garbage and how to think our way out of it
Title:
Outsmart waste : the modern idea of garbage and how to think our way out of it
Author:
Szaky, Tom
ISBN:
9781626560246
Publication Information:
San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., c2014
Physical Description:
ix, 156 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-146) and index
Abstract:
"Garbage doesn't exist in nature--the output of one organism is the useful input of another. So why does garbage exist in the human system? Why did it only become a problem the past century? And most importantly, how can we eliminate it--outsmart the very idea of garbage? Eco-entrepreneur Tom Szaky says that to outsmart waste first we have to understand it, then change how we create it, and finally rethink what we do with it. He traces the roots of our current garbage crisis to 20th century technological advances that resulted in historic changes in consuming habits--both the amount of garbage created and its longevity increased dramatically
Subject:
| Refuse and refuse disposal |
| Waste minimization |
| Recycling (Waste, etc.) |
Summary:
"Garbage doesn't exist in nature--the output of one organism is the useful input of another. So why does garbage exist in the human system? Why did it only become a problem the past century? And most importantly, how can we eliminate it--outsmart the very idea of garbage? Eco-entrepreneur Tom Szaky says that to outsmart waste first we have to understand it, then change how we create it, and finally rethink what we do with it. He traces the roots of our current garbage crisis to 20th century technological advances that resulted in historic changes in consuming habits--both the amount of garbage created and its longevity increased dramatically