Category:Solid Waste
This category relates to landfills with regard to space and hazards. Also recycling and e-waste. See also Consumption and Sustainability
Video
Trashed is quite good, now showing on PBS.
E-waste video Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition Talk by Ted Smith. Gyre slideshow
Capt. Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- an endless floating waste of plastic trash. TEDtalk
Pacific gyre filled with plastic. PBS news segment featuring UCSC folk.
Websites
Books
Garbage in the Cities: Refuse, Reform, and the Environment, 1880-1980 by Martin V. Melosi S&E Stacks TD893.M44 review
Paper or Plastic: Searching for Solutions to an Overpackaged World by Daniel Imhoff
Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash by Susan Strasser
Elizabeth Royte's new book Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It (includes Podcast interview) Her previous book Garbage Land is a good read.
Articles
Smart-trash uses barcode or RFID to track waste
Excellent article on plastic in the Pacific Gyre
Article on plastic bags at Salon.com
Article "The truth about recycling" in The Economist (Jun 7th 2007) has good history
An excellent article on bottled water
Overview of Plastic's effect, especially on Marine ecosystems. Includes videos and legislation you can take action on.
Info on recycling cans and bottles
Audio
Elizabeth Royte interviewed on new book Bottlemania on water bottles.
Elizabeth Royte's new book Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It (includes Podcast interview) Her previous book Garbage Land is a good read.
Boat Made of Plastic Bottles to Sail the Pacific. How do you raise awareness about plastic debris floating in the Pacific? You sail a boat made out of 15,000 plastic bottles from California to Hawaii. Marine scientists Joel Paschal and Marcus Erikson discuss their voyage.
Images
Plastic Ocean Waste http://bfi-internal.org/dsnews/v11_no/dangerous_species.jpg Poster]
Chris Jordan's heart-rending images of Albatross chicks who starved to death with their stomachs full of plastic.
Articles in category "Solid Waste"
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