Why Do We Recycle?: Markets, Values, and Public Policy

by Frank Ackerman

Book Overview

The earnest warnings of an impending "solid waste crisis" that permeated the 1980s provided the impetus for the widespread adoption of municipal recycling programs. Since that time America has witnessed a remarkable rise in public participation in recycling activities, including curbside collection, drop-off centers, and commercial and office programs. Recently, however, a backlash against these programs has developed. A vocal group of "anti-recyclers"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559635053
• ISBN13: 9781559635059
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

An excellent readable work,balanced with supporting data.

This short book supplies technical and cost data that allows a reader to make his own judgement.An author who has seen and developed the data over many years.Ackerman is a supporter of homeowner recycling.However, he notes how exaggerated or "feel good" recycling can itself be wasteful, and stresses that practices like source reduction are often superior to recyclong