The recycling myth : disruptive innovation to improve the environment
By: Buffington, Jack
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BookPublisher: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, ; c2016.Description: 157 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781440843075; 1440843074Subject(s): Recycling industry | Business logistics -- Technological innovations | NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection | SCIENCE -- Environmental Science | Business logistics -- Technological innovations | Recycling industryDDC classification: 363.7282 BU RE Online resources: Location Map | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| 363.722 MI EN Environmental science | 363.722 MI EN Environmental science | 363.7280994 WA ST Waste and recycling / | 363.7282 BU RE The recycling myth : | 363.72820994 RE CY Recycling / | 363.7287 NU CL Nuclear and toxic waste / | 363.728706 HA ND Handbook of advanced industrial and hazardous wastes management |
Includes bibliographical references.
The myth -- Frankenstein's bottle: a problem of math -- The throwaway supply chain -- The happy cup fallacy -- Bottles grown from the soil -- It's in our blood -- Something needs to be done! -- Solutions: extending the supply chain to nature -- 2020: the happy cup reality.
"The recycling myth is the perspective that is preached by industry, government, advocacy groups and even consumers that if we all do our part and recycle, this problem of litter and packaging waste can be eliminated. The goal of this book is an awakening that we must do a lot more than collect a beverage container to solve the problem of waste; we must enable an innovation engine toward science, technology and supply chain logistics for real solutions to achieve a paradigm shift in consumer products"--