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Author Thomson, Vivian E., 1956-

Title Garbage in, garbage out [electronic resource] : solving the problems with long-distance trash transport / Vivian E. Thomson.

Imprint Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xii, 173 p. : ill., maps.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Everything is trash -- All garbage is local : trash management in the United States -- Waste not, want not : are Americans the world's premier waste makers? -- Costs and benefits of interstate trash transport : landfill capacity, schools, and environmental justice -- Regulatory and legislative efforts to limit the movement of trash -- Solving the genuine problems of long-distance trash transport.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Refuse and refuse disposal -- United States -- Management.
Refuse and refuse disposal -- Transportation -- United States.
Refuse and refuse disposal -- Government policy -- United States.
Waste disposal sites -- United States -- Management.
Interstate commerce -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780813928241 (cloth alk. paper)
0813928249 (cloth alk. paper)
9780813928258 (pbk. alk. paper)
0813928257 (pbk. alk. paper)
9780813928715 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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