The Waste Crisis Landfills, Incinerators, and the Search for a Sustainable Future

"A realpolitik book on the need for recycling to reduce waste, landfills for what can't be recycled, and incinerators when approrpiate....The best overview."--Whole Earth
"This textbook examines solid waste management in North America and solutions to the waste crisis, using seven case studies for illustration. The focus is on municipal waste, but this is placed in the perspective of hazardous, biomedical, and radioactive wastes as well."--SciTech Book News
"Hans Tammemagi does the almost unimaginable: takes a subject as inherently unappealing as garbage, and makes it interesting and relevant. His book is thoroughly researched, well written, and, despite the seriousness of his timely topic, surprisingly readable." -- Niagara Book Prize Short List Jury
"Chapters discuss garbage through the ages, the age of consumerism and the waste explosion, integrated waste management, recycling and composting, waste characteristics, alternative disposal methods (existing and abandoned mi