American Alchemy: The History of Solid Waste Management in the United States |
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Contents
Pioneering Efforts to Improve Refuse Collection and Disposal | 1 |
Building a National Movement | 23 |
Establishing a National Solid Waste Management Infrastructure | 49 |
Collecting Solid WasteNo Longer Beasts of Burden | 115 |
Sometimes a Good Idea Does Not Sell | 163 |
Processing Municipal Solid | 179 |
Fulfilling the Resource Recovery Promise | 221 |
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