Overview
Is there a point to recycling? Is recycling even good for the environment? In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Finn Arne J�rgensen answers: it depends. From a technical point of view, recycling is a series of processes--collecting, sorting, processing, manufacturing. Recycling also has a cultural component; at its core, recycling is about transformation and value, turning material waste into something useful--plastic bags into patio furniture, plastic bottles into T-shirts. J�rgensen offers an accessible and engaging overview of recycling as an activity and as a process at the intersection of the material and the ideological. J�rgensen follows a series of materials as they move back and forth between producer and consumer. He considers organic waste and cultural contamination; the history of recyclable writing surfaces from papyrus to newsprint; discarded clothing as it moves from the the Global North to the Global South; the shifting fate of glass bottles; the efficiency of aluminum recycling; e-waste and technological obsolescence; and industrial waste. Finally, re-asking the question posed by John Tierney in an infamous 1996 New York Times article, is recycling garbage? J�rgensen argues that recycling is necessary--as both symbolic action and physical activity that has a tangible effect on the real world.
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Author: Keith Sellon-Wright ,
Finn Arne Jorgensen
Publisher: Gildan Media Corporation
Imprint: Gildan Media Corporation
ISBN: 9798200583188
Publication Date: 12 November 2019
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
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Author Information
Keith Sellon-Wright is a seasoned professional with a career in Hollywood spanning over thirty years. He has had the good fortune to work with some of Hollywood's seminal directors, including Christopher Guest and Spike Lee. His TV career includes some of the most important shows in TV history, going back to shows such as Wings, Frasier, Seinfeld, and The West Wing. More recently he's appeared on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, NCIS, Mad Men, and Parks and Recreation. The majority of Keith's audiobook work so far is nonfiction, (I love what I get to learn!) but as a lifelong storyteller, he of course loves fiction too. Keith also serves as a voice of the New York Times, narrating selected articles for the daily audio edition on Audible. He records from a killer booth he built at his residence in Southern California. The quickest way to Keith's heart-introduce him to a great new wine! Finn Arne Jorgensen is Professor of Environmental History at the University of Stavanger, Norway.
