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RECORD NUMBER: 61 OF 64| Main Title | Wasteland : the secret world of waste and the urgent search for a cleaner future / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Franklin-Wallis, Oliver, | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Hachette Books, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 2023 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 1389558850 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 9780306827112; 0306827115 | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Refuse and refuse disposal ; Waste products ; Waste minimization ; Factory and trade waste ; NATURE--Environmental Conservation & Protection | |||||||||||
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| Edition | First US edition. | |||||||||||
| Collation | 392 pages ; 24 cm | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-379) and index. "First published in Great Britain by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, 2023"--Title page verso. |
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| Contents Notes | "An award-winning investigative journalist takes a deep dive into the global waste crisis, exposing the hidden world that enables our modern economy--and finds out the dirty truth behind a simple question: what really happens to what we throw away?"-- Introduction: The tipping floor -- DIRTY. The mountain -- Save scrap for victory! -- The world's garbage can -- Up in smoke -- Used -- FOUL. The cure for cholera -- A third of everything -- Breakdown -- TOXIC. Unholy water -- Control, delete -- The dam breaks -- Hazard -- Epilogue: Precious. |