Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Historical Summary of Garbage
1. A Personal History
2. The Birth of Sunset Scavenger Company
3. Sunset Scavenger during the 1940s and 1950s
4. Disposal of San Francisco Waste, 1906–1966
5. How I Became a Scavenger
6. Work, Courtship, and Marriage
7. The Art of Scavenging and Recycling
8. The Board of Directors and How It Governed
9. The Revolution
10. My Role as the New President
11. Dirty Work, Pride in Ownership
12. A Visit to Where the Boss Scavengers Were Born
13. Sunset Scavenger, Catching Up in Time
14. The Development of the Sierra Point Landfill
15. Immediate Challenges: The Mountain View Project
16. Beyond Mountain View
17. Growing the Business
18. The Creation of Envirocal, the Holding Company
19. Addressing the 1968 Civil Rights Act
20. Seeking the Proverbial Black Box for Waste Disposal
21. A Good Proposal—Not Implemented in San Francisco
22. A Conceptual Solution for the State of California
23. The Winds of Change
24. A Radical Change and a New CFO
25. A Significant Event that Changed My Plans
26. The Final Stab in the Back
27. My World without Sunset Scavenger
About the Author