Garbage Land

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Royte, Elizabeth 저자(글)

Back Bay Books · 2006년 08월 29일

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- In the vein of "Stiff, Nickel and Dimed, and "Fast Food Nation, GARBAGE LAND takes us behind the scenes and into the corners of our own lives, revealing the fantastic truth behind what we've taken for granted or never even thought about.- Royte's last book, "The Tapir's Morning Bath, was a "New York Times Notable Book, praised widely for Royte's keen observations and narrative skill.
Out of sight, out of mind ... Into our trash cans go dead batteries, dirty diapers, bygone burritos, broken toys, tattered socks, eight-track cassettes, scratched CDs, banana peels.... But where do these things go next? In a country that consumes and then casts off more and more, what actually happens to the things we throw away? In Garbage Land, acclaimed science writer Elizabeth Royte leads us on the wild adventure that begins once our trash hits the bottom of the can. Along the way, we meet an odor chemist who explains why trash smells so bad; garbage fairies and recycling gurus; neighbors of massive waste dumps; CEOs making fortunes by encouraging waste or encouraging recycling-often both at the same time; scientists trying to revive our most polluted places; fertilizer fanatics and adventurers who kayak amid sewage; paper people, steel people, aluminum people, plastic people, and even a guy who swears by recycling human waste. With a wink and a nod and a tightly clasped nose, Royte takes us on a bizarre cultural tour through slime, stench, and heat-in other words, through the back end of our ever-more supersized lifestyles. By showing us what happens to the things we've "disposed of," Royte reminds us that our decisions about consumption and waste have a very real impact-and that unless we undertake radical change, the garbage we create will always be with us: in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we consume. Radiantly written and boldly reported, Garbage Land is a brilliant exploration into the soiled heart of the American trash can.
The wild adventure begins once our trash hits the canas Elizabeth Royte boldly follows the things weve disposed of to their ultimate (often surprising) destination. Her highly praised book melds science, travel, anthropology, and a strong dose of clear-headed analysis as it reminds us how our decisions about consumption and waste have a very real impact.
""By turns comic and poetic, the book delivers the pleasures of a long, meandering excursion, in which the act of observing is its own reward."

작가정보

저자(글) Royte, Elizabeth

목차

• 
  Introduction Quantifying in the Kitchen 3(24)
  Part One: To the Dump
  One Dark Angels of Detritus 27(23)
  Two Amphibious Assault 50(13)
  Three Stalking the Active Face 63(22)
  Four The Spectacle of Waste 85(20)
  Part Two: Avoiding the Dump
  Five Behold This Compost 105(22)
  Six Forward into the Flexo Nip 127(15)
  Seven Hammer of the Gods 142(16)
  Eight Mercury Rising 158(18)
  Nine Satan's Resin 176(21)
  Part Three: Flushing It Away
  Ten Downstream 197(13)
  Eleven In the Realm of Taboo 210(25)
  Part Four: Piling On
  Twelve It's Coming on Christmas 235(16)
  Thirteen The Dream of Zero Waste 251(26)
  Fourteen The Ecological Citizen 277(20)
  Acknowledgments 297(2)
  A Note on Sources 299(2)
  Index 301(14)
  Reading Group Guide 315

기본정보

ISBN	9780316154611 ( 031615461X )
발행(출시)일자	2006년 08월 29일
쪽수	336쪽
크기	148 * 238 * 24 mm / 304 g
총권수	1권
언어	영어