GARBAGE

(See also Landfills; Nuclear Waste; Toxic Wastes)

(Note centered heading below: List by Place)

biodegradability: g01 8/22 29; g90 9/22 29

discussion: g90 9/22 2-10

disposal: g96 1/8 7, 10

ants: g02 5/22 31

at home: g97 11/22 12

barge travels 6,000 miles: g87 12/8 30

Christian attitude: w08 12/1 12; g 12/07 10-11

composting on large scale: g95 10/22 20-21

export to developing nations: g02 8/22 6; g95 11/22 4-7; g94 12/8 28; g90 9/22 5; g89 4/8 29

incineration: g90 9/22 5, 8

landfills: g90 9/22 3-5

ocean dumping: g89 7/22 3-4

earthworms process: g95 8/8 29

electronic trash: g04 6/22 29

experiences:

book taken from trash: yb06 44-45; w02 6/1 31; w00 7/1 17

garbageman retrieves magazine: g94 10/8 32

literature found in dump: yb16 53-55; yb15 66-67, 69

food source for birds and mammals: g04 9/22 28

indisposable: g90 9/22 6-8

in orbit: g 4/10 30; g93 10/8 29; g91 9/8 29; g89 5/22 29

in space stations: g97 11/22 28

museum of: g90 9/22 29

pollution from: g90 5/8 5

methane: g90 9/22 7

toxic wastes: g90 9/22 5

quantity: g02 8/22 3-5; g90 9/22 3-5

rats fed by: g89 10/22 29

recycling: g02 8/22 6

bricks from: g94 8/22 28; g87 8/22 30

energy and fertilizer from: g 3/07 24

precious metals from: g02 12/22 28; g92 9/22 29

problems: g90 9/22 7-8

throwaway mentality: g02 8/22 3-11

time it takes to decompose: g03 10/8 30; g01 2/8 28; g93 11/22 29

wastefulness in: g95 4/22 29

List by Place

Antarctica: g97 5/22 29; g90 5/8 5

Brazil:

value in recyclable: g91 11/8 29

Finland: g95 10/22 20-21

France: g90 5/8 5

Germany, Federal Republic of (West):

quantity and cost of disposal: g89 4/22 28

Japan: g 12/07 29; g90 9/22 5

Mexico:

Mexico City: g01 8/22 29

Nepal:

Mt. Everest: g02 7/8 29; g94 12/22 29

Pacific Ocean: g 9/08 29

United States: g02 8/22 3; g90 9/22 3-5

New York City: g90 9/22 4