Trash talk : an eye-opening exploration of our planet's dirtiest problem / Iris Gottlieb.
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TextNew York : TarcherPerigee, an imprint Penguin Random House LLC, [2024]Description: 240 pages : illustrations ; 8:6 inchesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 978-0-593-71277-1Subject(s): Refuse and refuse disposal | Recycling (Waste, etc.) | Refuse collectionDDC classification: CIR 628.4 G686 2024 Summary: "In a world of mass consumption and busy schedules, taking the time to understand our own trash habits can be daunting. In Talking Trash, the ever-curious and talented Iris Gottlieb pulls back the curtain on the intricacies of the global trash production system and its contribution to climate change . From the history of the mafia's rule of the New York sanitation system to orbital debris (space trash) to the myth of recycling, Gottlieb will help readers see trash in a whole new way. Complete with beautiful illustrations and several landfills' worth of research, Talking Trash shines a much-needed light on a system that has been broken for far too long, providing readers with surprising, disgusting, and insightful information to better understand how we affect garbage and how it affects us" Provided by publisher
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"In a world of mass consumption and busy schedules, taking the time to understand our own trash habits can be daunting. In Talking Trash, the ever-curious and talented Iris Gottlieb pulls back the curtain on the intricacies of the global trash production system and its contribution to climate change . From the history of the mafia's rule of the New York sanitation system to orbital debris (space trash) to the myth of recycling, Gottlieb will help readers see trash in a whole new way. Complete with beautiful illustrations and several landfills' worth of research, Talking Trash shines a much-needed light on a system that has been broken for far too long, providing readers with surprising, disgusting, and insightful information to better understand how we affect garbage and how it affects us" Provided by publisher
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