00000cam a22000003a 4500 UP-1685594773861955050 Buklod 20140513160212.0 g||| | || || ta 140513s2005 xx d r |||| u| 9781595581204 1595581200 (iLib)UPBAG-00013651232 HD 4483 R63 2005 Rogers, Heather 1970- Gone tomorrow the hidden life of garbage Heather Rogers. New York New Press 2005. xi, 288 p. ill. 20 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pp. 233-275) and index. Introduction: the conquest of garbage -- The "waste stream" -- Rubbish past -- Rationalized waste -- Technological fix: the sanitary landfill -- The golden age of waste -- Spaceship Earth: waste and environmentalism -- Recycling: the politics of containment -- The corporatization of garbage -- Green by any means. "Journalist Heather Rogers guides us through the grisly, oddly fascinating underworld of trash. Excavating the history of rubbish handling from the 1800s - an era of garbage-grazing urban hogs and dump-dwelling rag pickers - to the present, with its high-tech "mega-fills" operated by multi-billion-dollar garbage corporations, Rogers investigates the roots of today's waste-addicted culture. Gone Tomorrow also explores the politics of recycling, which is popular but has serious limitations, and is only a first step toward more fundamental solutions such as reuse and the reduction of packaging." "Combining a gripping expose with a potent argument for change, Rogers's book traces the connections between modern industrial production, consumer culture, and our throwaway lifestyle."--Book Jacket. Refuse and refuse disposal United States History. Refuse and refuse disposal. UPBAG KTRC HD 4483 R63 2005 Book