Main Title |
Wasteland : the secret world of waste and the urgent search for a cleaner future / |
Author |
Franklin-Wallis, Oliver,
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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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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ERAM |
TD791.F73 2023 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
08/30/2023 |
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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. |
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. |
Place Published |
New York |
PUB Date Free Form |
©2023 |
BIB Level |
m |
Medium |
unmediated |
Content |
text |
Carrier |
volume |
Cataloging Source |
RDA |
Merged OCLC records |
1350684506 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20230822213018 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
02424cam 2200493 i 45010 |