Rubbish!

Author: William L. Rathje
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816521432
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284

Book Description
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.

The Rubbish Book

Author: James Piper
Publisher: Unbound Publishing
ISBN: 180018087X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
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.

Rubbish Belongs to the Poor

Author: Patrick O'Hare
Publisher: Anthropology, Culture and Soci
ISBN: 9780745341385
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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

Digital Rubbish

Author: Jennifer Gabrys
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472035371
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 239

Book Description
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.

This Book Stinks!

Author: Sarah Wassner Flynn
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426327307
Category : Pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 102

Book Description
"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.

All the Best Rubbish

Author: Ivor Noel Hume
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062312006
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 356

Book Description
“A delight. All the Best Rubbish is one of those rare volumes that both instruct and entertain. I recommend it to any collector.” —Harold L. Peterson, Chief Curator, US National Park Service Ivor Noel Hume, the former chief archaeologist of Colonial Williamsburg, offers a delightful, anecdotal, and informative celebration of the joys of collecting. In his newly revised edition, All the Best Rubbish traces the fascinating history of collecting from its recorded beginnings and describes the remarkable detective work that goes into establishing the probable facts about uncovered and often underappreciated treasures. Now expanded with hints, tips, and helpful information about antique-hunting online, All the Best Rubbish is the ideal book for the antiquarian or amateur. Noël Hume has pursued bottles, pottery, clocks, and coins through junk shops, street markets, attics, and cellars on two continents. He's unearthed the most fascinating—and valuable—rubbish from the most unlikely places: the shores of the Thames in London; the lagoons of the Caribbean; the bottom of Martha Washington's well. Hume knows everything that's worth knowing about collecting—why we do it, what we can find, where we can find it, and what we can learn from it.

Rubbish Theory

Author: Michael Thompson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781786800985
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 282

Book Description
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

Rubbish and Recycling

Author: Anna Lee
Publisher: Evans Brothers
ISBN: 9780237524630
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28

Book Description
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.

The Ethics of Waste

Author: Gay Hawkins
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780742530133
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description
Gay Hawkins explores the ethical significance of waste in everyday life_from the broadest conceptions of waste and loss to how the environmental movement has affected the ways we think about garbage. Do we feel virtuous for reusing plastic bags and disdain those who don't? At what point does personal waste become public responsibility? How does this 'public conscience' affect policy? Placing these ideas into historical, social, and cultural perspective, this thoughtful book seeks ways to change ecologically destructive practices without recourse to guilt, moralism, or despair.

Sex, Love and Who Puts the Rubbish Out?: How the Philosophy of 9-Energy Natural Expression Helps You Understand Your Relationships and Brings Happiness to Your Life

Author: Rick Nunn
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483454320
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 251

Book Description
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."