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All systems produce waste as part of a cycle - bacteria, humans, combustion engines, even one as large and complex as a city. To some extent, this waste can be absorbed, processed, or recycled - though never completely. This book reveals how a long history of human consumption has left our world drowning in waste.

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"This is a fresh new way of looking at our core problems on the planet-a different lens to try to understand why we're having such problems and how we might find better paths." -Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet"

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/04/2012
      ISBN13: 9780226326993, 978-0226326993
      ISBN10: 0226326993
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      Book Synopsis
      All systems produce waste as part of a cycle - bacteria, humans, combustion engines, even one as large and complex as a city. To some extent, this waste can be absorbed, processed, or recycled - though never completely. This book reveals how a long history of human consumption has left our world drowning in waste.

      Trade Review
      "This is a fresh new way of looking at our core problems on the planet-a different lens to try to understand why we're having such problems and how we might find better paths." -Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet"

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