休姆斯先生从那里去追溯美国的垃圾历史。先从纽约白翼开始,纽约白翼指的是19世纪,为了清扫臭气熏天的街道,市里成立的专门用于收垃圾的群体。之后是后院焚烧炉活跃期。再后就是如今,最普遍的垃圾处理方法莫过于地下掩埋或是倾倒大海。休姆斯先生与从事海洋塑化记录的研究员一起,谈论那悬而未决的、了不起的粉末塑料解决方案。他说,太平洋垃圾带,使太平洋体积膨胀变大,水流将垃圾集中到一起,大小有陆地那么大。
The author is just as interested in the creation of rubbish as its disposal. But whereas fewwill disagree with the gist of his observations about the shortcomings of our modern,disposable, consumer culture, the analysis is rather superficial. Mr Humes comes close toblaming a single manJ. Gordon Lippincott, an industrial designerfor the creation of theentire wasteful model of modern consumerism. And although it is understandable that anAmerican author should write a book looking mostly at the problems of America, itnevertheless feels like a missed opportunity. Some of the most interesting parts of thebook come towards the end, where he discusses some of the possible solutionssuch asDenmark s strategy of burning rubbish to produce electricity, or an Irish scheme tocharge shoppers for plastic bags, which led to a 90% drop in their use. Food for thought, andmore.
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