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Hewlett-Packard (HP), 59, 206, 256
Hexachlorobenzene, 79
Hexavalent chromium, 30
High Tech Trash (Grossman), 59–60
Hoekstra, Arjen, 17
Hollender, Jeffrey, 234
Home Depot, 9
Human Rights Watch, 258
Humus, 11
Hunger, 178–180
Hydrochloric acid, 61, 69
Hydrofluoric acid, 60
Hydrogen chloride, 69
Hydrogen fluoride, 61
Hydrologic cycle, 2
Hydroxide, 60
Hydroxyl monoethanolamine, 60
IBM Corporation, 59
Iceland, 66
Incineration, 212–217, 224, 235, 257
Index of Sustainable Welfare, 242
India, 4, 5, 21, 22, 45, 47, 86–87, 90–93, 129, 134–135, 153, 165, 180, 193, 202, 236
Indigenous communities, 4, 37–38, 245
Individual actions, 239–241, 260–264
Industrial Revolution, 101, 102, 156
Industrial waste, 185–189
Infertility, 45
Inglewood, California, 126–127
Inkworks Press, 56
Insecticides, 46–47
Institute, West Virginia, 93
Institute for Local Self-Reliance, 34, 229
Integrity in Science Project, 99
Inter-American Development Bank, 132
Interface, 19, 185, 187–189
International Agency for Research on Cancer, 54
International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal, 92, 259
International Chamber of Commerce, 228
International Conference on Water and the Environment, 18
International Council on Mining and Metals, 227
International Energy Agency (IEA), 29–30
International financial institutions (IFIs), 127–136, 139–140
International Labour Organization, 8, 21–22
International Monetary Fund (IMF), 38, 39, 128–131, 140
International waste dumping, 219–227
International Working Group for Indigenous Affairs, 38
Inventory, elimination of, 110
Ipecac, 2
Iraq, 243, 244
Iron, 20, 44, 59
Irrigation, 46
Isopropyl alcohol, 60
Jensen, Rhonda, 194
Jewelry, 23–25
Jones, Van, 6, 207
Jubilee debt campaign, 130, 131–132
Junk mail, 9
Just-in-time (JIT) model, 110
Kasser, Tim, 151
Katzen, Mollie, 158
Keep America Beautiful (KAB), 196
Kenya, 130
Kerouac, Jack, 6
Khian Sea (cargo ship), 224
Kid-Safe Chemicals Act (KSCA), 82, 83, 255
Kimberley Process, 26–28, 34, 253
King, Oona, 28
Knapp, Dan, 190
Knight, Phil, 109
Korten, David, 109
Kovalam, India, 236
Kyoto Protocol, 66
Lambrecht, Bill, 222
Landfills, 69, 207–209, 211–213, 235
Lane, Eric, 173
Lawns, 14
Layard, Richard, 176
Leachate, 207–209
Leaching (off-gassing), 69, 70
Lead, 15, 24, 34–35, 42, 59, 61, 69, 72, 73–74, 76–77, 79, 86, 91, 203, 205, 219
Lean manufacturing, 108–110, 116
Lean retail, 110–111, 117
Lebow, Victor, 160
Lerner, Steve, 89
Light-weighting, 41
Lightolier, 218
Lignin, 53
Lipsticks, 76–77
Lithium, 61
Local food movement, 140–141
Logging, 7–8
London, Bernard, 161–162
Lovera, Simone, 8
Lustgarten, Rita, 174
Luxury Fever (Frank), 179
MacKinnon, J. B., 140–141
Madagascar, 2, 3, 35
Makeup, 76–77
Makower, Joel, 185, 186
Malaysia, 8
Mandela, Nelson, 222
Maniates, Michael, 112, 159, 239, 240
Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (Ocean Dumping Act), 98
Markey, Ed, 195
Marshall, James, 24
Mascara, 75
Massachusetts, toxics use reduction in, 218–219
Mazzochi, Tony, 85–86
McDonough, Bill, 52, 103
McKibben, Bill, 141
McRae, Glenn, 201
Mechanical pulping, 53
Medical waste, 185, 201–202
Mercury, 24, 25, 30, 34–35, 42, 54–55, 59, 61, 62, 69, 73, 74–75, 77, 79, 86, 91, 95, 203, 221–223, 257
Methane, 36, 209
Methyl-3-methoxyproprionate, 60
Methyl alcohol, 60
Methyl ethyl ketone, 60
Methyl isocyanate (MIC), 90, 91, 93
Mexico, 72, 135
Mickey Mouse Goes to Haiti (National Labor Committee), 49, 50
Microchips, 59–61
Microsoft, 71, 203
Minerals, 20–29
Minerals Policy Institute, 253
Mines, Minerals and People, 253
Mining, 20–25, 35, 36, 59, 64, 75
Mirex, 79
Mitchell, Stacy, 121, 125
Mobil Chemical Company, 230–231
Mobile phone chargers, 103–104
Monitors, 61
Monocropping, 47
Montague, Peter, 211–212
Moosewood Cookbook (Katzen), 158
Morris, David, 34
MOSOP (Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People), 31–33
Mountaintop removal mining, 36, 254
Mozambique, 66
Mudslides, 4, 7
Muir, John, 7
Municipal solid waste (MSW), 185, 190–199
Municipal supply of discards (MSD),