Recycling is widely celebrated as an environmental success story. The accomplishments of the recycling movement can be seen in municipal practice, a thriving private recycling industry, and widespread public support and participation. In the United States, more people recycle than vote. But, as Samantha MacBride points out in this book, the goals of recycling -- saving the earth (and trees), conserving resources, and greening the economy -- are still far from being realized. The vast majority of solid wastes are still burned or buried. MacBride argues that, since the emergence of the recycling movement in 1970, manufacturers of products that end up in waste have successfully prevented the implementation of more onerous, yet far more effective, forms of sustainable waste policy. Recycling as we know it today generates the illusion of progress while allowing industry to maintain the status quo and place responsibility on consumers and local government.
MacBride offers a series of case studies in recycling that pose provocative questions about whether the current ways we deal with waste are really the best ways to bring about real sustainability and environmental justice. She does not aim to debunk or discourage recycling but to help us think beyond recycling as it is today.
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Samantha MacBride teaches at Columbia University's School of Public and International Affairs and is a professional in local waste governance.
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: New. New. Clean, unmarked pages. Fine binding and cover. Hardcover. "By charting the waste cycle from curbside collector to the corporate polluter, MacBride reveals layer after layer of the recycling and waste management conundrum, building on and extending previous studies of American waste. In so doing, she has widened our understanding of a very complex issue for contemporary society. For this MacBride should be commended, and Recycling Reconsidered should be added to all relevant readings lists in environmental sociology, contemporary anthropology, social geography, and urban planning." - Dr. Liam Leonard, Lecturer in Sociology, Criminology and Human Rights, Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ireland. Codice articolo 2209210076
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