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Trash talk : an eye-opening exploration of our planet's dirtiest problem / Iris Gottlieb.

By:

Gottlieb, Iris [author.]

Material type:

TextNew York : TarcherPerigee, an imprint Penguin Random House LLC, [2024]Description: 240 pages : illustrations ; 8:6 inchesContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

978-0-593-71277-1

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DDC 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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Cover image	Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Materials specified	Vol info	URL	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Item hold queue priority	Course reserves
	Books	Grade School Learning Resource Center General Circulation		Non-fiction		CIR 628.4 G686 2024 (Browse shelf(Opens below))					Available			GS19837

"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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