Garbage land : on the secret trail of trash / Elizabeth Royte.

Author: Royte, Elizabeth.

Edition: 1st ed.

Publisher: New York : Little, Brown, 2005.

ISBN: 0316738263

Description: viii, 311 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s): Refuse and refuse disposal New York (State) New York.

Contents: Dark angels of detritus -- Amphibious assault -- Stalking the active face -- The spectacle of waste -- Green material -- Paper trail -- Shredding steel -- Toxic trash -- Satin's resin -- Downstream -- In the realm of taboo -- It's coming on Christmas -- The dream of zero waste -- The ecological citizen.