Outsmart Waste
Outsmart Waste
The Modern Idea of Garbage and How to Think Our Way Out of It
Edition: 1
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 14 January, 2014
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9781626560260
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Tom Szaky is the charismatic, young (age 31) CEO of TerraCycle, which he founded in 2001 as a Princeton University freshman and now operates in 21 countries. Drawing on TerraCycle's revolutionary ideas and practices, Tom tells how every person can outsmart waste by understanding its real nature, changing how we create it, and rethinking what we do with it.
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Tom Szaky is the charismatic, young (age 31) CEO of TerraCycle, which he founded in 2001 as a Princeton University freshman and now operates in 21 countries. Drawing on TerraCycle's revolutionary ideas and practices, Tom tells how every person can outsmart waste by understanding its real nature, changing how we create it, and rethinking what we do with it.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction The Unique Nature of Garbage
- Chapter 1 Where the Modern Idea of Garbage Originated
- Chapter 2 The Role of the Individual Purchase
- Chapter 3 Our Primary Global Solution to Waste: Bury It
- Chapter 4 The Energy Inherent in Our Waste
- Chapter 5 The Hierarchy of Waste
- Chapter 6 The Art of Upcycling
- Chapter 7 The Science of Recycling
- Chapter 8 The Critical Element of Separation
- Chapter 9 The Economics of Outsmarting Waste
- Conclusion Waste is Over! (If You Want It)
- Notes
- Index
- About Tom Szaky
- About TerraCycle
Review quote
“Tom illuminates pathways to finding ‘gold in garbage heaps'… Thanks to this book, I can no longer acquire and discard unconsciously, and as I've long said, change begins with awareness.”
-From the foreword by Deepak Chopra
“The waste industry is ripe for massive innovation and change. It takes creative minds and people with the courage to knock down doors and go around walls to be the spark. Tom is that.”
-Ron Gonen, New York City Deputy Commissioner of Sanitation, Recycling, and Sustainability and cofounder and former CEO, RecycleBank
"Real change demands big, fearless ideas. In Outsmart Waste, Tom Szaky turns conventional thinking about trash on its head and lights the way for fundamental transformation of the waste system. Tom also illustrates how to turn seemingly impossible ideas into practical on the ground solutions - in record time. A must read for anyone who makes waste!"
-Geoff Rathbone, Vice President of Resource Recovery, Progressive Waste Solutions and former General Manager of Solid Waste Services for the City of Toronto
-From the foreword by Deepak Chopra
“The waste industry is ripe for massive innovation and change. It takes creative minds and people with the courage to knock down doors and go around walls to be the spark. Tom is that.”
-Ron Gonen, New York City Deputy Commissioner of Sanitation, Recycling, and Sustainability and cofounder and former CEO, RecycleBank
"Real change demands big, fearless ideas. In Outsmart Waste, Tom Szaky turns conventional thinking about trash on its head and lights the way for fundamental transformation of the waste system. Tom also illustrates how to turn seemingly impossible ideas into practical on the ground solutions - in record time. A must read for anyone who makes waste!"
-Geoff Rathbone, Vice President of Resource Recovery, Progressive Waste Solutions and former General Manager of Solid Waste Services for the City of Toronto
