Trash Talk
An Encyclopedia of Garbage and Recycling around the World
Published on 9. September 2015
Book
Hardback
520 pages
978-1-61069-508-4 (ISBN)
Description
This fascinating reference offers a unique take on recycling and trash, tracing the role of waste in public health, climate change, and sustainability around the world.
As the popularity of sustainability grows and climate change becomes an accepted reality, experts point to trash and waste as the link between environmental and public health. This detailed reference-one of the most comprehensive resources available on the subject-examines garbage disposal on a global level, from the history of waste management, to the rise of green movements and recycling programs, to the environmental problems caused by incineration and overflowing landfills. According to urban planning scholar Robert William Collin, accounting for waste will improve the chances for environmental protection, public health, and sustainability.
This country-by-country guide studies waste management practices and related topics from around the world, including garbage strikes in Italy, successful recycling programs in Switzerland, trash in the streets of India, and the garbage patch floating in the Pacific Ocean. Country entries cover a brief history of garbage disposal, current methods of removal, recycling, and waste management problems specific to the region. Additional content addresses air and water pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, E-waste, and hazardous and nuclear wastes.
As the popularity of sustainability grows and climate change becomes an accepted reality, experts point to trash and waste as the link between environmental and public health. This detailed reference-one of the most comprehensive resources available on the subject-examines garbage disposal on a global level, from the history of waste management, to the rise of green movements and recycling programs, to the environmental problems caused by incineration and overflowing landfills. According to urban planning scholar Robert William Collin, accounting for waste will improve the chances for environmental protection, public health, and sustainability.
This country-by-country guide studies waste management practices and related topics from around the world, including garbage strikes in Italy, successful recycling programs in Switzerland, trash in the streets of India, and the garbage patch floating in the Pacific Ocean. Country entries cover a brief history of garbage disposal, current methods of removal, recycling, and waste management problems specific to the region. Additional content addresses air and water pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, E-waste, and hazardous and nuclear wastes.
Reviews / Votes
This work is designed to 'give entry-level readers an environmental and human context for the complexities of modern waste issues for a global and local perspective and in a modern, practical, and comprehensive way.' The thematic essays and the introduction serve this expressed function very well. . . . This work serves as a brief introduction to garbage and recycling and an outline of waste management practices in most countries throughout the world. * Reference Reviews *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
25 bw illus
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
1162 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61069-508-4 (9781610695084)
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Person
Robert William Collin, JD, is a senior research scholar at Willamette University.
Content
Preface
Introduction
Part I: Thematic Essays
Emerging Public Health and Waste Issues: A Case Study from Oregon
Ben Duncan
Caste, Class, and Gender Issues in India: Street Sweepers and Waste Pickers
Michael Lytton
Life in a Refugee Camp
Faduma Ali
The Skull Valley Band of the Goshute Reservation and Nuclear Waste as Economic Development
Brent Merrill
Climate Justice
Robert William Collin
Menstruation and Wastes
Susan Lea Collin
Environmental Justice and Waste
Robert William Collin
Human Rights and Waste
Robin Morris Collin
Part II: Country Profiles
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo Republic
Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Czech Republic
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
French Guiana
French Polynesia
Finland
France
Gabon
The Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Greenland
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mexico
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palestine
Panama
Paraguay
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Samoa
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste (East Timor)
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Glossary
Bibliography
About the Author and Contributors
Index
Introduction
Part I: Thematic Essays
Emerging Public Health and Waste Issues: A Case Study from Oregon
Ben Duncan
Caste, Class, and Gender Issues in India: Street Sweepers and Waste Pickers
Michael Lytton
Life in a Refugee Camp
Faduma Ali
The Skull Valley Band of the Goshute Reservation and Nuclear Waste as Economic Development
Brent Merrill
Climate Justice
Robert William Collin
Menstruation and Wastes
Susan Lea Collin
Environmental Justice and Waste
Robert William Collin
Human Rights and Waste
Robin Morris Collin
Part II: Country Profiles
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo Republic
Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Czech Republic
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
French Guiana
French Polynesia
Finland
France
Gabon
The Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Greenland
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mexico
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palestine
Panama
Paraguay
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Samoa
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste (East Timor)
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Glossary
Bibliography
About the Author and Contributors
Index