A comprehensive history of the golden age of garbage, written by a man who had an active role in shaping every aspect of solid waste management as it is practiced in the U.S. today.

Lanny Hickman was there – day to day, eye to eye with the major movers & shakers in the solid waste industry for nearly four decades. No one else could have written this book with the same authority. Virtually every aspect of integrated solid waste management is covered. You will want this book handy, both as a constant reference source and just for diving into at random. A great primer for solid waste management planning – an absolute classic.

Topics include:

• The Beginnings of the Federal Environmental Effort
• Pioneering Efforts to Improve Refuse Collection and Disposal
• Implementing a National MSW Management Strategy
• America’s Organic Solid Waste Legislation
• The Federal Program, 1965-1976: The Golden Years
• Developing State MSW Management Programs
• Solid Waste Collection and Transfer Systems
• Composting MSW: Sometimes a Good Idea Does Not Sell
• Processing MSW and Fulfilling the Resource Recovery Promise
• The Use of Waste-to-Energy Technologies
• Reduction, Diversion, and Recycling: The Last Frontier
• Sanitary Landfills and Integrated Solid Waste Management
• Key Moments in MSW Management History

... and much more. Packed with fascinating historical images, charts and graphs, AMERICAN ALCHEMY is an absolute classic. Great for keeping things in context and should be required reading for all your colleagues and county/municipal officials, your staff, students and of course for yourself.

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