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Encyclopedia of garbage / Steve Coffel ; introduction by William L. Rathje.
LIBRA TD785.5 .C64 1996
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coffel, Steve.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Refuse and refuse disposal--Encyclopedias.
- Refuse and refuse disposal.
- Pollution--Encyclopedias.
- Pollution.
- Organic wastes--Encyclopedias.
- Organic wastes.
- Genre:
- Encyclopedias.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Facts On File, [1996]
- Summary:
- Defined as all waste matter generated by human activity, garbage is an element of our way of life that cannot be understood in isolation. Entries range from household garbage and industrial waste to chemical effluents and airborne chemical emissions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-301) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0816031355
- OCLC:
- 34076527
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