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Garbage in the Garden State: CERES: Rutgers Studies in History

Autor Jordan P. Howell
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 apr 2023 – vârsta ani
Garbage in the Garden State is the only book to examine the history of waste management in New Jersey. The state has played a pioneering role in the overall trajectory of waste management in the US. Howell's book is unique in the way that it places the contemporary challenges of waste management into their proper historical context – for instance, why does the system for recycling seem to work so poorly? Why do we have so many landfills in New Jersey, but also simultaneously not enough landfills or incinerators? 

Howell acknowledges that New Jersey is sometimes imagined, particularly by non-New Jerseyans, as a giant garbage dump for New York and Philadelphia. But every place has had to struggle with the challenges of waste management. New Jersey's trash history is in fact more interesting and more important than most. New Jersey’s waste history includes intensive planning, deep-seated political conflict, organized crime, and literally every level of state and federal judiciary. It is a colorful history, to say the least, and one that includes a number of firsts with regard to recycling, comprehensive planning, and the challenging economics of trash.
 
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781978833395
ISBN-10: 1978833393
Pagini: 216
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 1.16 kg
Editura: Rutgers University Press
Colecția Rutgers University Press
Seria CERES: Rutgers Studies in History


Notă biografică

JORDAN P. HOWELL is an associate professor of sustainable business at Rowan University. His work examines the human dimensions of environmental problems, with the intention of understanding the history of an issue in order to devise practical and meaningful solutions. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and daughter.

Cuprins

1 Introduction 
2 Origins of Waste Management Planning in New Jersey
3 Planning, Siting, Operating, and Financing Landfills
4 Recycle or Incinerate?
5 Limits to the System
6 Conclusions and Looking Forward
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

Recenzii

"Garbage in the Garden State shines a light on a topic that has not received substantial attention. Reinforced by excellent research and an indisputable understanding of waste policy, Howell reveals the Garden State as the center of discussions and debates on the solid waste issue for years and an innovator in a number of ways.”

Descriere

New Jersey is sometimes imagined, particularly by non-New Jerseyans, as a giant garbage dump for New York and Philadelphia. But every place has had to struggle with the challenges of waste management. New Jersey's trash history is in fact more interesting and more important than most. New Jersey’s waste history includes intensive planning, deep-seated political conflict, organized crime, and literally every level of state and federal judiciary. It is a colorful history, to say the least, and one that includes a number of firsts with regard to recycling, comprehensive planning, and the challenging economics of trash.