In this Book
- Cash For Your Trash: Scrap Recycling in America
- Book
- 2005
- Published by: Rutgers University Press
summary
In Cash for Your Trash, Carl A. Zimring provides a fascinating history of scrap recycling, from colonial times to the present. Integrating findings from archival, industrial, and demographic records, and moving beyond the environmental developments that have shaped modern recycling enterprises, Zimring offers a unique cultural and economic portrait of the private businesses that made large-scale recycling possible.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xi
- Introduction
- pp. 1-11
- 1. Rags and Old Iron
- pp. 12-36
- 2. New American Enterprises
- pp. 37-58
- 3. Nuisance or Necessity?
- pp. 59-80
- 4. All Us Cats Must Surely Do Our Bit
- pp. 81-101
- 5. Size Matters
- pp. 102-130
- 6. It’s Not Easy Being Green
- pp. 131-162
- Conclusion
- pp. 163-170
- Bibliography
- pp. 195-204
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813537917
Related ISBN(s)
9780813536866
MARC Record
OCLC
68626797
Pages
240
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No