Outsmart waste : the modern idea of garbage and how to think our way out of it (Record no. 7682)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9781626560246
Terms of availability $700
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Original cataloging agency DLC
Language of cataloging eng
Transcribing agency DLC
Modifying agency DLC
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 363.72/8
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Szaky, Tom
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Outsmart waste : the modern idea of garbage and how to think our way out of it
Statement of responsibility, etc Tom Szaky
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication San Francisco
Name of publisher Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Year of publication 2014
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages ix, 156 p.
Other physical details ill.
490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement A BK currents series
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note "Foreword by Deepak Chopra"--Cover.
505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Machine generated contents note: Introduction: The unique nature of garbage -- Chapter 1: Where did the modern idea of garbage come from? -- Chapter 2: The culprit: You and me. -- Chapter 3: Our primary global solution to waste: bury it. -- Chapter 4: The energy inherent in our waste. -- Chapter 5: The hierarchy of waste -- Chapter 6: The art of upcycling. -- Chapter 7: The science of recycling -- Chapter 8: Separation: The critical element. -- Chapter 9: The economics of outsmarting waste -- Conclusion: There is no such thing as garbage, if we want it.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "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. Szaky argues we can turn this around by changing what we buy, when we buy, why we buy, and what we do with what we've bought. And through innovative recycling and creative "upcycling" (creating new products from discarded objects) we can stop seeing garbage as useless waste and start seeing it as useful waste--a tremendous volume of resources that are simply misunderstood. After reading this mind-expanding book you will never think of garbage the same way again"--
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Refuse and refuse disposal
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Topical Term Waste minimization
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Recycling (Waste, etc.)
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Topical Term NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection.
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Topical Term HOUSE & HOME / Sustainable Living.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Waste Management.
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    DIS Library DIS Library New Titles 06/11/2014 700.00 363.72 Szaky MH005088 Books