{"id":2270,"date":"2023-09-10T18:17:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T18:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2270"},"modified":"2023-09-10T18:17:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T18:17:53","slug":"finn-arne-jorgensen-recycling","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast\/finn-arne-jorgensen-recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Finn Arne J\u00f8rgensen &#8211; Recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finn Arne J\u00f8rgensen, Professor of environmental history at University of Stavanger and co-host of the book talk series, presented his recent book&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/mitpress.mit.edu\/books\/recycling\">Recycling<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(MIT Press, 2019) on 10 May 2021 in the Greenhouse environmental humanities book series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is there a point to recycling? Is recycling even good for the environment? In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Finn Arne J\u00f8rgensen answers (drumroll, please): it depends. From a technical point of view, recycling is a series of processes\u2014collecting, sorting, processing, manufacturing. Recycling also has a cultural component; at its core, recycling is about transformation and value, turning material waste into something useful\u2014plastic bags into patio furniture, plastic bottles into T-shirts. J\u00f8rgensen offers an accessible and engaging overview of recycling as an activity and as a process at the intersection of the material and the ideological.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">J\u00f8rgensen follows a series of materials as they move back and forth between producer and consumer, continually transforming in form and value, in a never-ceasing journey toward becoming waste. He considers organic waste and cultural contamination; the history of recyclable writing surfaces from papyrus to newsprint; discarded clothing as it moves from the the Global North to the Global South; the shifting fate of glass bottles; the efficiency of aluminum recycling; the many types of plastic and the difficulties of informed consumer choice; e-waste and technological obsolescence; and industrial waste. Finally, re-asking the question posed by John Tierney in an infamous 1996&nbsp;<em>New York Times<\/em>&nbsp;article, \u201cis recycling garbage?\u201d J\u00f8rgensen argues that recycling is necessary\u2014as both symbolic action and physical activity that has a tangible effect on the real world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finn Arne J\u00f8rgensen, Professor of environmental history at University of Stavanger and co-host of the book talk series, presented his recent book&nbsp;Recycling&nbsp;(MIT Press, 2019) on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2021-05-10-Jorgensen.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2021-05-10-Jorgensen_pod.jpg","cover_image_id":"2272","duration":"56:28","filesize":"41.2M","filesize_raw":"43198060","date_recorded":"2021-05-10","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":""},"tags":[],"series":[16],"class_list":["post-2270","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","hentry","series-greenhouse-environmental-humanities-book-talks"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2021-05-10-Jorgensen_pod.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast-download\/2270\/finn-arne-jorgensen-recycling","player_link":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast-player\/2270\/finn-arne-jorgensen-recycling","audio_player":"<a class=\"wp-embedded-audio\" href=\"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast-player\/2270\/finn-arne-jorgensen-recycling\">https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast-player\/2270\/finn-arne-jorgensen-recycling<\/a>","episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/greenhouse-environmental-humanities-book-talks\/id1664960759","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"rss":{"key":"rss","url":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/feed\/podcast\/greenhouse-environmental-humanities-book-talks\/","label":"RSS","class":"rss","icon":"rss.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0TNTSCl3zRBues4Eqjkwwm","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/feed\/podcast\/greenhouse-environmental-humanities-book-talks","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"yLFwTrkxY1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast\/finn-arne-jorgensen-recycling\/\">Finn Arne J\u00f8rgensen &#8211; Recycling<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast\/finn-arne-jorgensen-recycling\/embed\/#?secret=yLFwTrkxY1\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Finn Arne J\u00f8rgensen &#8211; Recycling&#8221; &#8212; The Greenhouse Book Talks\" data-secret=\"yLFwTrkxY1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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