Introduction -- Rags and bottles -- Curbside recycling collection -- Tonnage and toxicity : the nonissue of nonhazardous industrial waste -- Scale and sufficiency : zero waste and the quest for environmental -- Justice -- Extended plastics responsibility : producers as reluctant stewards -- Conclusion -- Appendix i -- Summary of the best available data from the us EPA on solid waste -- Generation, disposal and recycling in the United States -- Appendix ii -- Summary of textile and glass disposal and recycling, for the most recent -- Year available, in the United States -- Appendix iii -- Changes in MSW quantity and composition over time -- Appendix iv -- Fractions of MSW that can be targeted for reuse using a model of repair -- Refurbishment, and retailing -- Appendix v -- Details on various quantities of different plastics in MSW -- Appendix vi -- Fractions of municipal solid waste referred to in the conclusion
Summary
How the success and popularity of recycling has diverted attention from the steep environmental costs of manufacturing the goods we consume and discard
