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Why
Do We Recycle?
Markets,
Value, and Public Policy
Frank
Ackerman
"Ackerman's
thoughtful, sure-to-be-controversial study lifts the
debate over the merits of recycling to a new level
. . ."
-- PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY
"Remarkably
sober, readable, and revealing. Essential for those
connected to waste management. The insights won't
please either pro- or anti-recyclers, but [this book]
provides much-needed level-headed perspective." --
THE GREEN BUSINESS LETTER
In WHY
DO WE RECYCLE? Ackerman examines the arguments
for and against recycling and explains why the reasons
for recycling are more than a simple matter of dollars
and cents. While critics of recycling tend to minimize
or ignore its widespread environmental benefits, Ackerman
makes a strong case for including social issues, future
resource needs, and noneconomic values in the recycling
equation.
Table of
Contents:
l. Beyond the
Trash Can
2. Getting the Prices Wrong
3. More than the Market
4. A Truck is a Terrible Thing to Waste
5. Drink Boxes, Styrofoam, and PVC
6. The Dot Heard Around the World
7. Bottle Bills, Litter, and the Cost of Convenience
8. Organic Waste and the Virtue of Inaction
9. The Hidden Utility
10. Material Use and Sustainable Affluence
1997. 210
pages; paperback, $16.95 Island Press, Washington,
DC
(To order, call 1-800-828-1302. Outside the continental
United States, please call 707-983-6432. Or, go directly
to the Island
Press page.)
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