Germany, Garbage and the Green Dot: Challenging a Throwaway Society

· DIANE Publishing
Ebook
185
Pages

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This report offers a revolutionary approach taken by Germany to promote both recycling & source reduction. German legislation is stimulating industry efforts to reduce packaging & product waste by requiring that the bus. producing packages & products be financially responsible for taking back their used materials & recycling, reusing or disposing of them. This report describes what Germans have done in solid waste policies, the difficulties they are confronting & the impact on wastes to date. Discusses environmental problems that the US & other industrialized countries face, identifies practical solutions: programs & policies that work to conserve our valuable air, land, water & natural resources & enable us to live & do business less wastefully.

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