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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 363.7285097471
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Label: Little, Brown and Company
Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: July 13, 2005
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Sales Rank: 88821
Studio: Little, Brown and Company
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Product Description:
The wild adventure begins once our trash hits the canas Elizabeth Royte boldly follows the things weve disposed of to their ultimate (often surprising) destination. Her highly praised book melds science, travel, anthropology, and a strong dose of clear-headed analysis as it reminds us how our decisions about consumption and waste have a very real impact.
Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating:  - poorly researched
I found this book to be a very poorly researched, and equally poorly written look at garbage...A very cursory examination of its topic...there are much better books out there than this one
Rating:  - A must read for those who throw away trash... EVERYONE!
Garbage Land is a well researched look into the world of waste handling. The book not only deals with garbage sent to landfills but also recycling both in the US and around the world.
Truly and eye opening book that changed the way that I lived and felt about the world.
An amazing book, now at an amazing price.
Rating:  - Trash Tracking Makes For Interesting Garbage
A well-thought-out effort by Elizabeth Royte...that takes us on an adventure of sorts from the author's home to the great outdoors...and in between.
Written like a personal diary, we start out separating household refuse from Royte's kitchen garbage can...and learn how and why each of the elements from there, the organic, the paper, glass, plastic, metal, etc., gets sorted and redirected to landfills, streams, incinerators, etc. No need to "like" garbage to enjoy the story; but ... Read More
Rating: - Garbage Land Is A Keeper
What a great, quirky book.I have worked in the Waste Management field for a number of years, and Ms. Royte got it right with this book.I liked the way she personalized her own waste-generating impact by riding along with the trash collectors.I also appreciated the anecdotal nature of much of the book, which kept it from being too serious.
Rating: - FASCINATING
Just by becoming AWARE of the lingering, never to completely escape from PROBLEM of garbage--OUR garbage--is a good thing, a wondrous good thing. But this book goes beyond simple consciousness-raising: it propels you to ACTION!
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