{"product_id":"recycling-the-mit-press-essential-knowledge-series-0262537826","title":"Recycling (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0262537826\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jorgensen, Finn Arne Arne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn overview of recycling as an activity and a process, following different materials through the waste stream.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 Jrgensen answers (drumroll, please): 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. Jrgensen offers an accessible and engaging overview of recycling as an activity and as a process at the intersection of the material and the ideological.Jrgensen follows a series of materials as they move back and forth between producer and consumer, continually transforming in form and value, in a never-ceasing journey toward becoming waste. 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; the many types of plastic and the difficulties of informed consumer choice; 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? Jrgensen argues that recycling is necessary-as both symbolic action and physical activity that has a tangible effect on the real world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51706728546592,"sku":"NEW0262537826","price":27.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61F7xlRt61L.jpg?v=1779392695","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/recycling-the-mit-press-essential-knowledge-series-0262537826","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}