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封面
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Foreword
Waste is natural to every living system.
Introduction The Unique Nature of Garbage
What Currently Happens to Our Waste?
A Circular Solution to Waste
It’s All about the Economics
Chapter 1 Where the Modern Idea of Garbage Originated
Useful versus Useless Outputs
The Birth of Widespread Chronic Consumerism
The Natural Controls of Chronic Consumption
The Wisdom in Mimicking Nature
Chapter 2 The Role of the Individual Purchase
Our Most Powerful Vote
We Voted for Disposability
Planned Obsolescence
We Are in the Service of Consumerism
Buy Stuff but Buy It Differently
Buy Consciously
Buy Durable
Buy Used
Stop Buying
Buy Differently to Make an Impact
Buying Our Way out of the Garbage Problem
Chapter 3 Our Primary Global Solution to Waste: Bury It
The Birth of the Dump
The Economics of Waste
The Problem of Mixed Garbage
The Irony of Turning Useful Outputs into Useless Outputs
Waste Pickers
The Future of Our Landfills
Chapter 4 The Energy Inherent in Our Waste
The Birth of Burning
The Environmental Impacts of Burning
The Upside of Burning
Chapter 5 The Hierarchy of Waste
The Components of a Waste Object
The Components of Waste
Seeing Value in Waste
Circular Solutions
Linear Solutions
The Hierarchy of Waste
The Rules of the Waste Hierarchy
The Life-Cycle Analysis of the Waste Hierarchy
Chapter 6 The Art of Upcycling
Upcycling Is Not a New Idea
Leave Your Assumptions at the Door
The Business of Upcycling
Leveraging Upcycling as an Individual
Categories for Home Waste Upcycling
Leveraging Upcycling at Work
The Limits of Upcycling
Chapter 7 The Science of Recycling
The Quandary of Plastic Recycling
Seven Categories of Plastic by PIC
Plastics Are Recyclable So Why Is Recycling So Rare?
It’s All about the Money
The Myth of Biodegradability
Everything Can Be Recycled
Chapter 8 The Critical Element of Separation
The Art of Sorting: Before Waste Becomes Garbage
Categories for Home Waste Recycling
What to Do with Your Organics
What to Do with Your “Non-recyclables”
Options for “Non-recyclables”
The Science of Sorting: After Waste Becomes Garbage
Can We Solve the Problem before the Need to Sort?
Chapter 9 The Economics of Outsmarting Waste
The Benefits of Outsmarting Waste on an Individual Level
Ways to Save Cash While Outsmarting Waste
The Benefits of Outsmarting Waste on a Corporate Level
Ways Companies Can Outsmart Waste
Unique Services That Help Outsmart Waste
Extended Product Responsibility Laws
Taxing the Full Cost of a Product
If Big Tobacco Can Outsmart Waste Any Industry Can
Conclusion Waste Is Over! (If You Want It)
Buy Differently
See Waste as Value
Vote Early and Vote Often
Waste Is Over
Index
About Tom Szaky
About TerraCycle
