Title Recycling / editor Justin Healey

Published Balmain, N.S.W. : Spinney Press, 1999

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Description 44 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm Series Issues in society ; v. 114 Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ; v. 114 Contents Chapter 1. Recycling Our Waste: Household waste management; Recycling; History of garbage; Recycling: did you know?; Paper recycling; Glass re-use and recycling; Plastic recycling; Aluminium re-use and recycling; Packaging - its essential role; Packaging - its essential role; Europe sends it back to makers; Waste not; Composting; What is vermicomposting? -- Chapter 2. Reducing Our Waste: The waste management hierarchy; Waste disposal; Waste tips; What happens to the waste?; Benefits of minimising waste; Waste avoidance; Major types of rubbish; Waste reduction; Waste reduction accreditation program; Construction and demolition wastes; Materials re-use; Re-use; Energy recovery Summary The issues of waste management, reduction and sustainability are ones our throwaway culture can no longer ignore. What are the most common items of waste and what sort of items can be recycled? Do we consume too many "unrecyclable" products and use too much packaging? What can the average person do to recycle household waste? Analysis Conservation & recycling of resources (Australia ) Garbage disposal Local government issue Recycling State issue Statistics Wastes juvenile Nonfiction Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 42) and index Audience Secondary and tertiary students Subject Recycling (Waste, etc.) -- Australia. Waste minimization -- Australia. Recycling (Waste, etc.) Recycling (Waste, etc.) -- Australia -- Juvenile literature. Recycling (Waste, etc.) -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Australia. Recycling (Waste, etc.) -- Australia. Waste minimization -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Australia. Waste minimization -- Australia. Author Healey, Justin. ISBN 1876811234

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