Waste management
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A necessary book about our society’s addiction to plastic.
Nathalie Gontard has been exploring and studying plastic in her laboratory and all over the world for 30 years. Initially fascinated by this magic material’s potential, she watched as stealthily invaded the planet, making traditional materials look dated. She found its footprints on beaches, deep in the soil and even inside countless animals.
We now need to face the facts: millions of recyclers and hundreds of inventers of “new materials” won’t be able to stop the steady contamination of our environment. We must eradicate the source of the danger and question politicians and industrialists blinded by their belief in purely material progress.
It’s up to us to mobilise ourselves and bring an end to this catastrophic overproduction. It’s up to us to find a way of ensuring our comfort without destabilising this little planet whose tenants we are. We must acknowledge our addiction in order to reduce our consumption to what is strictly necessary. A perfectly accessible challenge that this book encourages us to take up straight away.
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Author Biography
Nathalie Gontard, a researcher at INRA (the French national instate for agronomic research), is one of the world’s top experts on plastics. She came to the attention of the general public in 2018 in the popular French television programme Cash Investigation devoted to plastic. She has continued to further her understanding by combining her research with her experience as a consumer. Hélène Seingier is a journalist on the editorial board of the weekly magazine Le 1.
Editions Stock (subsidiary of Hachette Livre SA)
Founded in 1708, Stock is one of the oldest publishing houses in France and has been part of the Hachette Group since 1961. In the prestigious series LA BLEUE, Stock publishes the finest multi-award winning writers from Françoise Sagan to Philippe Claudel, and new voices such as Adrien Bosc. Recently, it has expanded to include high-end women’s literary fiction. Its foreign fiction list (LA COSMOPOLITE series) includes great authors from Carson McCullers to Paolo Cognetti, from many languages. On the non-fiction side, the list is quite eclectic from philosophy (Louis Althusser) to thought-provoking investigation (Garance Le Caisne), and health with our best-selling author, Michel Cymes.
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- Publisher Editions Stock
- Publication Date October 2020
- Orginal LanguageFrench
- ISBN/Identifier 9782234088481
- Publication Country or regionFrance
- FormatHardback
- Pages270
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitlePlastique, le grand emballement
- Copyright Year2020
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