Total Garbage

Total Garbage
Author :
Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 289
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780593543368
ISBN-13 : 059354336X
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Total Garbage by : Edward Humes

Download or read book Total Garbage written by Edward Humes and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investigative narrative that dives into the waste embedded in our daily lives—and shows how individuals and communities are making a real difference for health, prosperity, quality of life and the fight against climate change, by a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist What happens to our trash? Why are our oceans filling with plastic? Do we really waste 40 percent of our food 65 percent of our energy? Waste is truly our biggest problem, and solving our inherent trashiness can fix our economy, our energy costs, our traffic jams, and help slow climate change—all while making us healthier, happier and more prosperous. This story-driven and in-depth exploration of the pervasive yet hard-to-see wastefulness that permeates our daily lives illuminates the ways in which we've been duped into accepting absolutely insane levels of waste as normal. Total Garbage also tells the story of individuals and communities who are finding the way back from waste, and showing us that our choices truly matter and make a difference. Our big environmental challenges – climate, energy, plastic pollution, deforestation, toxic emissions—are often framed as problems too big for any one person to solve. Too big even for hope. But when viewed as symptoms of a single greater problem—the epic levels of trash and waste we produce daily--the way forward is clear. Waste is the one problem individuals can positively impact—and not just on the planet, but also on our wallets, our health, and national and energy security. The challenge is seeing our epic wastefulness clearly. Total Garbage will shine a light on the absurdity of the systems that all of us use daily and take for granted--and it will help both individuals and communities make meaningful changes toward better lives and a cleaner, greener world.


Total Garbage Related Books

Total Garbage
Language: en
Pages: 289
Authors: Edward Humes
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-04-02 - Publisher: Penguin

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

An investigative narrative that dives into the waste embedded in our daily lives—and shows how individuals and communities are making a real difference for he
Total Garbage
Language: en
Pages: 107
Authors: Rebecca Donnelly
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-03-07 - Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Total Garbage by Rebecca Donnelly dives into the messy truth about trash, garbage, waste, and our world—it's a fact-filled and fascinating illustrated middle
The City Record
Language: en
Pages: 1054
Authors: New York (N.Y.)
Categories: New York (N.Y
Type: BOOK - Published: 1889 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Engineering News
Language: en
Pages: 848
Authors:
Categories: Engineering
Type: BOOK - Published: 1902 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Bulletin
Language: en
Pages: 334
Authors:
Categories: Milwaukee (Wis.)
Type: BOOK - Published: 1911 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK