Research Guides: Environmental Science: Baltimore Trash

From Library Databases

Civil rights complaint over trash Alleges city has failed to make plan for incinerator
Baltimore Sun, May 30, 2024
A burning problem Climate advocates hope to clean up Maryland's renewable energy by taking out the trash
Baltimore Sun, March 17, 2024
It's time to stop subsidizing trash incineration as 'renewable energy'
Baltimore Sun, March 7, 2024
Trash incineration should not be in Md.'s renewable energy portfolio
Baltimore Sun, February 12, 2024
County proposing 'vertical expansion' to the landfill
Baltimore Sun, January 25, 2024

Baltimore City Department of Public Works

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Baltimore Incinerators

On the Shelf at CCBC Libraries

Total Garbage by Edward Humes An investigative narrative that dives into the waste embedded in our daily lives--and shows how individuals and communities are making a real difference for health, prosperity, quality of life and the fight against climate change, by a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist What happens to our trash? Why are our oceans filling with plastic? Do we really waste 40 percent of our food 65 percent of our energy? Waste is truly our biggest problem, and solving our inherent trashiness can fix our economy, our energy costs, our traffic jams, and help slow climate change--all while making us healthier, happier and more prosperous.     This story-driven and in-depth exploration of the pervasive yet hard-to-see wastefulness that permeates our daily lives illuminates the ways in which we've been duped into accepting absolutely insane levels of waste as normal. Total Garbage also tells the story of individuals and communities who are finding the way back from waste, and showing us that our choices truly matter and make a difference.     Our big environmental challenges - climate, energy, plastic pollution, deforestation, toxic emissions--are often framed as problems too big for any one person to solve. Too big even for hope. But when viewed as symptoms of a single greater problem--the epic levels of trash and waste we produce daily--the way forward is clear. Waste is the one problem individuals can positively impact--and not just on the planet, but also on our wallets, our health, and national and energy security. The challenge is seeing our epic wastefulness clearly.     Total Garbage will shine a light on the absurdity of the systems that all of us use daily and take for granted--and it will help both individuals and communities make meaningful changes toward better lives and a cleaner, greener world.
Call Number: TD791 .H86 2024