Giants of Garbage: The Rise of the Global Waste Industry and the Politics of Pollution

by Harold Crooks

Book Overview

Harold 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550283987
• ISBN13: 9781550283983
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Lorimer
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"