Part I. Thematic essays -- Emerging public health and waste issues : a case study from Oregon / Ben Duncan -- Caste, class, and gender issues in India : street sweepers and waste pickers / Michael Lytton -- Life in a refugee camp / Faduma Ali -- The Skull Valley Band of the Goshute Reservations and nuclear waste as economic development / Brent Merrill -- Climate justice / Robert William Collin -- Menstruation and wastes / Susan Lea Collin -- Environmental justice and waste / Robert William Collin -- Human rights and waste / Robin Morris Collin -- Part II. Country profiles -- Glossary
Summary
A reference for public health and waste issues worldwide, examining garbage disposal from the history of waste management, to the rise of green movements and recycling programs, to environmental problems caused by overflowing landfills and incineration
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-463) and index
