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RECORD NUMBER: 925 OF 2701Main Title | Garbage in, garbage out : solving the problems with long-distance trash transport / | |||||||||||
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Author | Thomson, Vivian E., | |||||||||||
Publisher | University of Virginia Press, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2009 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 310959371 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 9780813928241 (cloth : alk. paper); 0813928249 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780813928258 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0813928257 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780813928715 (e-book); 0813928710 (e-book) | |||||||||||
Subjects | Refuse and Refuse disposal--United States--Management ; Refuse and Refuse disposal--Transportation--United States ; Refuse and Refuse disposal--Government policy--United States ; Waste disposal sites--United States--Management ; Interstate commerce--United States | |||||||||||
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Collation | xii, 173 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Notes | Everything is trash -- All garbage is local : trash management in the United States -- Waste not, want not : are Americans the world's premier waste makers? -- Costs and benefits of interstate trash transport : landfill capacity, schools, and environmental justice -- Regulatory and legislative efforts to limit the movement of trash -- Solving the genuine problems of long-distance trash transport. |