On our Bookshelf this Month

June 2024

The U.S., so innovative and a leader in other industries, has only a 34% recycling rate. The potential to harness the savings – money, raw resources, landfill space, climate impact - of recycling is falling short in the U.S. We can do better! We CAN make a difference! Learn more in our latest book selection. In Zero Waste Melrose’s monthly series, What’s on our Bookshelf this Month?, we highlight books on the subjects of zero waste and sustainability.

As Beth Porter, the author of reduce, reuse, reimagine: sorting out the recycling system, writes, ‘this book focuses on the recycling system, but it’s crucial that we first reduce our overall consumption, repair and reuse existing items, and then recycle what remains.’ Explore the history of recycling, the interconnectedness of the recycling system, and how each stakeholder – the consumer, the recycler, and the manufacturers – plays a key role in a functioning, circular system.

Available online through booksellers and Audible, as well as hoopla, which is accessible for free through the Melrose Public Library.