Reference Reviews

Reference for Students

Garbage and Recycling. Edited by Mitchell Young. Detroit, Mich.: Greenhaven Press Thomson Gale, 2007. 256 p. $34.95. ISBN 10: 0-7377-2651-8; ISBN 13: 978-0-7377-3651-9.

When we open that plastic bottle of water or that soft drink can, do we really think about how many other people are doing the same thing? And these are far from being the biggest objects that hit the curb on garbage pick-up day. Would you want a landfill near your home? These issues are addressed. Questions posed in this book include: "How Do Political and Social Systems Affect Garbage Disposal?", "Is Recycling Environmentally and Economically Successful?", "Do Specific Types of Waste Pose a Threat?" and "Can New Technologies Solve Waste Problems?" The information presented here will create more questions to be answered about the environment and about the treatment of segments of our population who are less able to argue when someone is building an incinerator in their neighborhood.