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Bottle Recycling Climate Protection Act of 2, 195
Bottled water, 16
Bowling Alone (Putnam), 149, 238–239
Bräutigam, Deborah, 37
Brazil, 8, 66, 67
Breast milk, 81, 82–83, 91, 171
Bridge at the End of the World, The (Speth), 167
Brockovich, Erin, 30
Bromines, 48
Bruno, Kenny, 225
Burkina Faso, 45
Burundi, 27
Bush, George H. W., 250
Bush, George W., 147
Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE), 141
Cadmium, 24, 30, 59, 73, 203, 205, 219
California Gold Rush of 1849, 24–25, 27
Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, 256
Cancer, 45, 48, 54, 60, 68, 69, 74, 76, 83, 85, 202
Car-sharing programs, 43
Carbon dioxide, 2, 36, 50–51, 65, 180–181, 209
Carbon monoxide, 65
Cargo ships, 113–114
Carlin, George, 183
Carson, Rachel, 98
Catalogs, 9
Caustic soda (lye), 48, 54, 64
Cell phones, 27, 29, 57, 103–104, 161, 202
Center for a New American Dream, 246
Center for Constitutional Rights, 258
Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ), 69
Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), 100
Center for Sustainable Economy, 242
Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO), 62
Ceramics, 44
Chelaton, Jayakumar, 236
Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA), 93
Chemical pulping, 53
Chemicals. See individual chemicals
Cheney, Dick, 247
Chevron, 30, 33–34
Child labor, 22, 49
Chile, 66
China, 5, 45, 49, 114, 142, 164, 180, 204, 243
Chlor-alkali plants, 54, 68, 75
Chlordane, 79
Chlorine, 48, 53–54, 56, 213
Chlorine dioxide, 54
Chromium, 44, 59, 73, 77
Chromium trioxide, 60
Chrysler Corporation, 164
Chungong Ayafor, Martin, 26–27
Chuquicamata copper mine, Chile, 21
Clark, Dana, 226
Clean Air Act (CAA) of 1963, 97
Clean Production Action, 60, 63
Clean Water Act (CWA) of 1972, 97
Clear-cutting, 7, 10–12
Climate change, 2, 12–13, 36, 50, 98, 246, 258
Clinton, Bill, 88
Closed-loop factories, 19
Coal, 20, 21, 35–36, 102, 207
Cobalt, 59
Coca-Cola Company, 196
Coffee, 14, 17, 169, 170, 172
Colborn, Theo, 45
Collapse (Diamond), 39–40
Coltan (tantalum), 27–29, 35, 246
Commercial Alert, 256
Community/citizen self, 173–177
Community forestry initiatives, 10, 41
Community-supported agriculture (CSA), 241
Composting, 198, 209–211, 233, 257, 261
Composting toilets, 12, 19
Comprehensive Chemicals Policies for the Future (Geiser), 101
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, 97, 98
Computer TakeBack Campaign, 60
Computers, 57–64, 203, 206, 256
Computers and the Environment (Williams), 60
Conflict minerals, 25–29
Confronting Consumption (Maniates), 159
Connett, Ellen, 214
Connett, Paul, 183, 184, 214, 217, 232
Construction and demolition waste (C&D), 185, 199–201
Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole (Barber), 169, 172
Consumer Product Safety Act of 1972, 96
Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, 96
Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), 96
Consumerism, defined, 145
Consumption, 144–181, 256
Container Recycling Institute, 67
Container ships, 113–114
Cook, Ken, 83
Copper, 20, 21, 59, 204
Corporate accountability, 257–258
Correa, Rafael, 30, 31
Cosmetics, 76–77
Costa Rica, 152, 244
Costner, Pat, 11–12
Cotton, 14, 17, 45–51
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), 95–96
Cradle to Cradle (McDonough), 52
Credit cards, 148, 151, 160
Cryolite (sodium aluminum fluoride), 65
Curare, 2
Cyanide, 15, 24
Davis, Mike, 26
DDT, 73, 79
Deca-BDE, 79–80
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 38
DeClerq, John, 169
Deconstruction, 200
Defoliants, 48
Deforestation, 2–9, 52–53
Dell, Michael, 58, 110
Dell Computers, 58, 59, 62, 205, 206, 256
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 26–28, 35, 134, 152, 246
Depreciation, 182–183
Depression, 150
Dharma Bums, The (Kerouac), 6
DHL, 115
Diamond, Jared, 39–40
Diamonds, 20, 25–27, 35
Digital TV conversion, 202
Dioxin, 54, 69, 73, 79, 171, 209, 213
Disney, 49–50
Disposable goods, 162
Disposal, 182–236, 256–257
Distribution, 106–143, 255–256
Do Not Mail Registry, 9
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