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Author : William L. Rathje
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 35,67 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780816521432

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It is from the discards of former civilizations that archaeologists have reconstructed most of what we know about the past, and it is through their examination of today's garbage that William Rathje and Cullen Murphy inform us of our present. Rubbish! is their witty and erudite investigation into all aspects of the phenomenon of garbage. Rathje and Murphy show what the study of garbage tells us about a population's demographics and buying habits. Along the way, they dispel the common myths about our "garbage crisis"—about fast-food packaging and disposable diapers, about biodegradable garbage and the acceleration of the average family's garbage output. They also suggest methods for dealing with the garbage we do have.

Author : James Piper
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 21,70 MB
Release : 2022-02-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 180018087X

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Plastic bottles, cardboard boxes, aluminium cans... we all get through a lot of rubbish, but do you really know what happens after you put it in the bin? Are you even sure which bin it goes in? Recycling has never been more important – but it has also never been more complicated. Where do you put bottle lids? Why can't black plastic be recycled? What do you do with labels? The Rubbish Book answers all these questions and many more, providing you with all the information you need to become a true recycling expert, so you can help protect the planet with confidence. Written by an award-winning sustainability expert, it includes an A–Z of household items and whether they can be recycled; an in-depth look at the collection and sorting processes; a break-down of what the recycling symbols on our packaging actually mean; and an insight into the future of recycling and the new materials that will change the way we look at rubbish for ever.

Author : Patrick O'Hare
Publisher : Anthropology, Culture and Soci
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 25,43 MB
Release : 2022-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780745341385

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An ethnography of Uruguayan waste-pickers that reconceptualizes rubbish as a form of modern-day commons.

Author : Sarah Wassner Flynn
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 49,73 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Pollution
ISBN : 1426327307

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"Get up close and personal with our world of waste! From the ins and outs of recycling, to the nitty-gritty of landfills and dumps, to how creative people find new ways to reuse rubbish, this book is everything you ever wanted to know--and everything you need to know--about trash on land, in our oceans, and even in outer space!"--Page [4] of cover.

Author : Michael Thompson
Publisher :
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 12,97 MB
Release : 2017
Category :
ISBN : 9781786800985

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How do objects that are worth little to nothing become valuable? Who is behind the creation of value, and which types of people find value and comfort in transient, durable, and rubbish objects? When his highly influential Rubbish Theory, first published in 1979, Michael Thompson launched the discipline of waste studies. It remains the most comprehensive analysis on the culture of waste to date. Thompson argues that there are two mutually exclusive cultural categories that are socially imposed on the world of objects: a transient category and a durable category. However, he identifies a region of flexibility, wherein a transient object that declines in value and life span can linger in a valueless and timeless limbo of rubbish, until it is discovered by a creative individual and transferred into something deemed durable. He links stability and change on one hand, with materiality on the other, providing a rich analysis of social and cultural dynamics. His instrumental theory of rubbish draws on case studies and anthropological fieldwork to highlight the ever-changing subtleties of object value and our complex relationship to waste. Bringing Rubbish Theory back into print, this updated edition includes a new introduction, preface, foreword, and afterword, thoroughly exploring how Thompson's key theories have affected our world in the four decades since it was first published and placing it in a contemporary context that shines light on the continued relevance of the book today

Author : Jennifer Gabrys
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 17,13 MB
Release : 2013-04-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 0472035371

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This is a study of the material life of information and its devices; of electronic waste in its physical and electronic incarnations; a cultural and material mapping of the spaces where electronics in the form of both hardware and information accumulate, break down, or are stowed away. Where other studies have addressed "digital" technology through a focus on its immateriality or virtual qualities, Gabrys traces the material, spatial, cultural and political infrastructures that enable the emergence and dissolution of these technologies. In the course of her book, she explores five interrelated "spaces" where electronics fall apart: from Silicon Valley to Nasdaq, from containers bound for China to museums and archives that preserve obsolete electronics as cultural artifacts, to the landfill as material repository. Digital Rubbish: A Natural History of Electronics describes the materiality of electronics from a unique perspective, examining the multiple forms of waste that electronics create as evidence of the resources, labor, and imaginaries that are bundled into these machines. Ranging across studies of media and technology, as well as environments, geography, and design, Jennifer Gabrys draws together the far-reaching material and cultural processes that enable the making and breaking of these technologies.

Author : Anna Lee
Publisher : Evans Brothers
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 19,25 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780237524630

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Written for children working at Key Stage One, this volume is part of a series of first geography books designed to work in conjunction with Key Stage One schemes of work.

Author : Rick Nunn
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 31,45 MB
Release : 2016-08-09
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1483454320

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The greatest challenge you will ever face in your life is trying to discover who you really are. But even if you did, would you have the insight and wisdom to accept and be at peace with what you found, not only within yourself but with everyone around you? Could you take the answer to help you better understand your romantic relationships and use it to help set boundaries and live a compatible and harmonious life together? If youOre arguing with your loved one about who puts the rubbish out, perhaps not! Learning about your 9-Energy Natural Expression and how it manifests in you, the people in your life and your relationships will show you how to be natural, instinctive and intuitive both in love and in life. And all you have to do is to be who you really are! It is the start of what can be a challenging, yet revealing, enlightening and wonderful journey."

Author : Janet Phillips
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,91 MB
Release : 2021-02-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1789698391

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This volume reports on excavations in advance of the development of a site in Norton-on-Derwent, North Yorkshire close to the line of the main Roman road running from the crossing point of the River Derwent near Malton Roman fort to York. This site provided much additional information on aspects of the poorly understood ‘small town’ of Delgovicia.

Author : Thomas Tufte
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 25,40 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781860205415

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An examination of the role of telenovelas -- a Latin American sister to the Western soap opera -- this book looks at their impact on the everyday lives of Latin American audiences. It seeks to explain telenovelas' cultural and commercial success; the meanings, identities, and social actions articulated through watching telenovelas; and how audiences -- often first- or second-generation migrants in the huge cities of Latin America -- use telenovelas in coping with urban life and modernity.