Trash Talks: Revelations in the Rubbish

by Elizabeth V. Spelman

Book Overview

A lively investigation of the intimate connections we maintain with the things we toss away

It's hard to think of trash as anything but a growing menace. Our communities face crises over what to do with the mountains of rubbish we produce, the enormous amount of biological waste generated by humans and animals, and the truckloads of electronic equipment judged to be obsolete. All this effluvia poses widespread problems for human health, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190239352
• ISBN13: 9780190239350
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.3"