Books

The Ways to Recycle

Sanyat Sattar

Young Discovers Garbage and Recycling
Rosie Harlow
Houghton Mifflin Co; April 2002

Explaining the difference between biodegradable and non-biodegradable garbage, this book shows how glass, metal, and wool can be easily recycled. Additional "How Can I Help?" boxes give suggestions for the young environmentalist who wants to recycle at home. The book is an easy-read and the pictures are also very helpful.

Backyard Composting
John Roulac
Harmonious Technologies; July 1997

There have been many articles over the years about the benefits of composting for gardeners, but living in the city without a yard, we never really thought that it was something that would apply to us with our handful of flower boxes and potted plants outside! This book tells you everything you need to know about composting and household refuse, and most importantly, how to get "started", and will be enough to convince you to finally get organised and go for it.

Recycling and Recovery of Plastic
J. Brandrup
Hanser Gardner Publications; October 1996

A comprehensive reference sponsored by the plastics industries in Europe and the US, mostly concerned with the chemistry and technology of recycling plastics, but also with sections on aspects such as the legislative limits to recycling economic boundary conditions, and ecological balancing. Other topics include the reprocessing technology, methods of mechanical and feedstock recycling, waste statistics, applications of recyclates, energy recovery, and waste management.

(Those who want to know more about these books can email to sanyatsattar@hotmail.com)