Recycling (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)

This book explores recycling as an activity and process, following materials through the waste stream. Author Finn Arne Jørgensen examines the technical aspects of recycling, such as collecting, sorting, processing, and manufacturing, and its cultural components, emphasizing transformation and value. He follows materials from producers to consumers.Jørgensen considers various materials, including organic waste, cultural contamination, recyclable writing surfaces, discarded clothing, glass bottles, aluminum recycling, plastics, e-waste, and industrial waste. He also addresses the question of whether recycling is garbage, arguing that it is both symbolic and physically impactful.

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