The saga of waste, from the Big Bang to the present day
Do you know what waste really is? Do you realize that even stars produce it? That life is impossible without them?
Long before us, some social animals carefully managed their waste. It was built as a monument by men 5,000 years ago, and today we no longer know what to do with it.
However, in the eyes of science, waste is matter and nothing else. Like all materials, it carries within it all potentials, threats and opportunities: we can transform them into poisons or fertile ground for life. We can also, like our Mesolithic ancestors, come to protect these materials, which will soon become too precious to simply throw away.
In summary
Waste, the hidden face of our world
Garbage bins in the Garden of Eden
At the dawn of Homo rodris
Waste of civilization, waste of civilization
Waste is at the heart of our future
the book
Christian Duquenoy. The saga of waste, from the Big Bang to the present day. Quae Editions (Versailles). Publication date: May 16, 2024. 94 pages – EAN13 9782759239108
Author
Passionate about interdisciplinarity, archaeology, humanities as well as biology and physics, Christian DuquenoyINRAE Engineer, dedicate Her research is in the field of waste recovery organic In biotechnology operations of the environmental unit. He finds in waste a thriving field of research that he wants to share in its depth and global scope.
Extracts :
[…] Biowaste can only be effectively recycled by sorting it at the source, not by simply mixing it with other waste. Processes consisting in the treatment of mixed waste or even raw household waste do not give sufficiently satisfactory results, due to plastic and mineral residues that remain in the final product, especially in the compost. For this reason, the Waste Control Law of 2020 requires as of January 1, 2024 the sorting of biowaste by all its producers, from citizens to companies. […]
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