“Humes offers plenty of surprising, even shocking, statistics…An important addition to the environmentalist bookshelf.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Unlike most dirty books, this one is novel and fresh on every page. You’ll be amazed.”
—Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth
“Edward Humes takes us on a real romp through the waste stream. Garbology is an illuminating, entertaining read that ultimately provides hope and tips for a less wasteful future. This book will make you want to burn, or at least recycle, your trash can!”
—Jonathan Bloom, author of American Wasteland
“In this well-written and fast-paced book, Ed Humes delves into the underbelly of a consumer society—its trash. What he finds is so startling and infuriating, you will never think about ‘waste’ in the same way again.”
–Samuel Fromartz, author of Organic, Inc. and Editor-in-Chief of the Food & Environment Reporting Network
"Humes’s argument isn’t a castigation of litterbugs. It’s a persuasive and sometimes astonishing indictment of an economy that’s become inextricably linked to the increasing consumption of cheap, disposable stuff—ultimately to our own economic, political, and yes, environmental peril… his arguments for the rank inefficiency of our trash-happy, terminally obsolescent economy are spot on."
—Bookforum
