Bottled and sold : the story behind our obsession with bottled water / Peter H Gleick
Material type: TextPublication details: Washington : Island Press, 2010Description: xiii, 211 p. 24 cmISBN:- 9781597265287
- 663.61 GLE
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Book | Calcutta | 663.61 GLE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | IIMC-130253 |
Every second of every day in the United States,one thousand people buy a plastic bottle of water, and every second of every day one thousand people throw one of those bottles away. In this book the author has skilfully navigated the complex landscape of bottled water, covering everything from neglected municipal systems to bogus advertisers to piles of plastic waste.
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