Waste, Recycling And Reuse

Each person in the developed world produces enough waste every five years to fill the Empire State Building and waste from the Iron Age still pollutes our water and soil.

What will our mountains of chemical waste do for future generations?

Almost every aspect of our modern lifestyle causes waste and we throw away more each day.

This book states that if we change our ways now, it's not too late to start conserving resources and making less waste.This book part of a series of worldwide surveys on key environmental concerns which explain how environments are affected by human interference, as well as explaining the benefits people gain from exploiting the environment.

It includes a description on how companies and individuals are taking action to improve the situation, as well as explaining what still needs to be done.