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Seven Days of Garbage
http://www.greggsegal.com/7days.php
Gregg Segal created this photographic essay to call attention to the amount of waste
an average family disposes of in a week. Striking photos show people from above,
lying on the ground surround by their trash.
The Story of Stuff Project
http://storyofstuff.org
The Story of Stuff Project began with a twenty-minute movie about the production
and disposal of all the consumer products we use each day. The project has expanded
to include campaigns to protect water, land, and living things from toxic pollution.
Superfund365: A Site a Day
http://www.superfund365.org
Starting on September 1, 2007, Superfund365 visited one toxic Superfund site each
day. The journey began in the New York City area and ended in Hawaii one year later.
The website provides information on and pictures of 365 of the most toxic sites in the
United States, roughly a quarter of those on the Superfund’s National Priorities List.
Wasted Food
http://www.wastedfood.com
Jonathan Bloom, known as the Wasted Food Dude, hosts this website. It examines
how Americans squander vast amounts of food. Part blog, part call to action, the site
provides tips for saving food, food rescue information, and articles about food waste.

INDEX

air pollution, 13, 22 Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Algalita Marine Research and Education, 5, 71 Compensation, and Liability Act
aquifers, 43–44 (CERCLA). See Superfund
Beavan, Colin, 19 conservation organizations, 47, 54, 66, 68–69,
biodegradable substances, 7 90–91
biogas, 27 consumerism, 5, 9–10, 12, 19, 27, 33, 39–42,
44–45, 47–53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 65,
carbon dioxide, 26, 31, 52 68–69, 73, 90–91
carcinogens, 36–40
Carson, Rachel, 15 deep-well injection (DWI), 42–44
celluloid, 12 dioxin, 14, 24, 36–38, 40–41, 64–65, 76
China, 34, 61–62, 63, 65, 69, 80, 84–85 electronic waste (e-waste), 69
and illegal landfills, 61 Basel Convention, 67
and trash recyclers, 59–61 and China, 63
and waste generation, 17–18, 58–59 and Ghana, 63–65
climate change, 22, 25–26, 27, 41, 48, 52, 54, and India, 63, 65–67
90–91 and the United States, 22, 63, 67–69
compost, 29, 47 endocrine disrupters, 36–37, 40, 76
energy-from-waste (EfW) facilities, 30–31

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