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Rush to Burn by "Newsday"
One day in March 1987, a barge from Islip, Long Island was evicted from Morehead City, North Carolina, after trying to unload the mountains of trash on its decks. More than five months from the time it began its trip, the unwelcome barge, and it's 3,186 tons of commercial garbage, became the cornerstone of an astonishing news investigation that revealed a country unable to cope with its mounting garbage crisis. "Newsday" reporters were the first to locate the barge, the Mobro 4000 as it drifted aimlessly off the shore of Long Island. They were also first to explore and explain the problems and issues that barge had come to symbolize. The results of their investigation are presented in this book. Winner of the Worth Bingham Award, the Page One Award for Crusading Journalism, and the New York State Associated Press Award for In-Depth Reporting, "Rush to Burn" explains the reasons why we, as a throw-away society, are suffocating in our own trash. It also explains why communities, in desperation, are turning to incineration, the riskiest form of garbage disposal yet developed. |
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| Author(s) : "Newsday" | Format : Hardback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 1559630019 | ISBN-13 : 9781559630016 |
| RRP : £26.95 | Best available price : £30.94 / $53.74 |
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Product Details:
Country Publication : United States
Publication Date : 15/06/2006
Publisher : Island Press
Page Length : 269mm
Page Size : 241mm