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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Contents
Preface (and Hello)
Introduction
I. A Brief History of the Brief History of Plastic
1. In the Beginning
2. A Story About Nylon: From Coal, Water, and Air to War and Riots!
3. Tupperware: A Classic Plastic Product We’re All Familiar With
II. The Science Behind the Plastic
4. How Is Plastic Produced?
5. How Much Fossil Fuel Is Consumed in the Production of Plastic?
6. The Many Types of Plastic: What Do the Numbers Inside the Little Recycling Symbols Actually Mean?
7. Recycling Plastic
8. Bioplastics: Like the Kid Sister of Biofuels
III. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Plastics
9. The Good: Benefits of Plastic
10. The Bad: Toxins and Plastic
11. The Ugly: The Environmental Costs of Our Plastic Addiction
IV. Time to Purge Some Ugly Plastic!
12. Getting Started
13. Grocery Shopping
14. Eliminating Plastic at Home
15. Plastic and Personal Hygiene
16. Plastic and Your Children
17. Pets
18. Out and About
Conclusion: AKA What Have I Learned?
Bibliography
Additional Resources
Index
More Praise for Plastic Purge
About the Author
Copyright
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