Publisher's Synopsis
Pssst! It's true! This is the best book on rubbish you'll ever read! Here's a racy review of rubbish and recycling through the ages, from the times when pigs were let loose in the street to clean up garbage to today's high-tech methods for re-using glass and plastic. Dive into drains and delve into dumps to find out the lore and law of rubbish, and unearth the facts about spies who fossicked in trash cans looking for evidence of dirty deeds.