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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),

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