Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash
Elizabeth Royte, . . Little, Brown, $24.95 (309pp) ISBN 978-0-316-73826-2
The v-p of a New York City waste transfer station recommends, "You want to solve the garbage problem? Stop eating. Stop living." Indeed, to ponder waste disposal is to confront the very limits of our society. Where does it all go? Most of us are content to shrug off the details—as long as it's out of sight (and smell). Not so journalist Royte, whose book in some ways (including its title) echoes
Reviewed on: 05/09/2005
Genre: Nonfiction
Open Ebook - 165 pages - 978-0-316-14181-9
Open Ebook - 334 pages - 978-0-316-03073-1
Other - 978-0-316-03074-8
Paperback - 336 pages - 978-0-316-15461-1