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Giants of Garbage : The Rise of the Global Waste Industry and the Politics of Pollution by Harold Crooks (1993, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherJames Lorimer & Company LTD., Publishers
ISBN-101550283987
ISBN-139781550283983
eBay Product ID (ePID)2652962
Product Key Features
Number of Pages300 Pages
Publication NameGiants of Garbage : the Rise of the Global Waste Industry and the Politics of Pollution
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEnvironmental / Waste Management, Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
Publication Year1993
TypeTextbook
AuthorHarold Crooks
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Technology & Engineering, Science
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight13.8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN93-201634
ReviewsThis unique Canadian perspective is both informative and instructive. Garbage isn't just garbage anymore., Make Giants of Garbage your guidebook for corporate information and political strategy. Highly readable, Giants explains the struggle between expanding multinational waste dynasties and the shrinking power of public-municipal waste management systems. Crooks argues convincingly. Crooks exposes scandals, betrayals, and corporate takeovers. It will inspire even the fatigued among us to remain committed to environmental solutions.
Table Of ContentContents: 1 The Changing World of Waste 2 Public vs. Private Enterprise 3 Global Waste Wars: Private Profit and Public Resistance 4 WMI: The Global Empire 5 SCA: The Price of Scandal 6 Laidlaw: The Canadian Player 7 Reasonable Minds: Dave Yeager and the Big Two 8 Winnipeg: The Penton Memorandum 9 Toronto: A Matter of Politics 10 Montreal: The Old Order Passeth 11 As Long as It Rains Appendix Notes Index
SynopsisHarold Crooks chronicles the history of waste management, showing how an ideology of privatization set the stage for the local refuse collection business to become a global corporate enterprise. The author tracks the emergence of the multinational firms that dominate the business and examines how governments fail to cope with the waste disposal needs of growing populations. He discusses the emergence of a citizens' counter-movement, communities standing up to the troubling consequences of contemporary waste disposal--huge incinerators spewing toxic metals into the atmosphere, dumps that leak toxins into the groundwater, and hazardous waste sites that must be monitored indefinitely. Giants of Garbage is a clear-eyed analysis of one of the largest and most persistent environmental issues facing Canadians today., Harold Crooks chronicles the history of waste management, showing how "privatization" ideology set the stage for the local refuse collection business to become a global corporate enterprise.
LC Classification NumberHD9975.A2C76 1993
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