Contributions

  • Young, Mitchell. - Contributor

Publication

2007 - Greenhaven Press, Detroit, Michigan

Language

English

Word Count

64,000 words, Guess

Page Count

256 pages

Identifiers

and 6 more
  • ISBN-100737736526
  • Goodreads2910174', '3408851
  • LibraryThing4458418
  • Library of Congress Control Number2007004374
  • OCLC Control Number81861560
  • Open LibraryOL17849003M

Classifications

  • DDC363.72/8
  • LCCTD791 .G37 2007

Description

The impression that we no longer need to be concerned with the waste generated by our affluent society may be misleading. The development of so-called mega-landfills has made it possible to deposit a large amount of waste far from the cities and suburbs where the waste is generated, but environmental activists claim these facilities encourage the production of ever more garbage and may not be environmentally safe. Environmental justice advocates claim that much of the burden of storing our waste has been given to poor, minority, and rural communities, which often agree to the siting of garbage-processing facilities in the hopes that they will create jobs. Rather than solving the problem, then, have we in fact dumped our refuse problem on the poor and politically less powerful? - Introduction.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Opposing viewpoints

Links

Other Editions

  • Garbage and recyclingGreenhaven Press2007-01-01

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