| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 220 pages) : illustrations |
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illustration |
| Contents |
Rags and old iron -- New American enterprises -- Nuisance or necessity? -- All us cats must surely do our bit -- Size matters -- It's not easy being green |
| Summary |
In Cash for Your Trash, Carl A. Zimring provides a fascinating history of scrap recycling, from colonial times to the present. Integrating findings from archival, industrial, and demographic records, and moving beyond the environmental developments that have shaped modern recycling enterprises, Zimring offers a unique cultural and economic portrait of the private businesses that made large-scale recycling possible |
| Notes |
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Carnegie Mellon |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-203) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Recycling industry -- United States -- History
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Waste Management.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- History.
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Recycling industry
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0813537916 |
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9780813537917 |
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9780813536866 |
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0813536863 |
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