Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Rags and old iron
2 New American enterprises
3 Nuisance or necessity?
4 All us cats must surely do our bit
5 Size matters
6 It's not easy being green
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Carl A. Zimring is Professor of Sustainability Studies at Pratt Institute. He received his Ph.D. in 2002 from Carnegie Mellon University.

Reviews

Zimring goes beyond the limited historical literature on municipal solid wastes. Cash for Your Trash gives us a sweeping account of industrial recycling long before residential recycling became popular. It is a fine contribution to urban and environmental history.
*author of Garbage in the Cities*

Zimring goes beyond the limited historical literature on municipal solid wastes. Cash for Your Trash gives us a sweeping account of industrial recycling long before residential recycling became popular. It is a fine contribution to urban and environmental history.
*author of Garbage in the Cities*