The Big Necessity: Adventures in the World of Human Waste by Rose George

ISBN: 9781846270703

Portobello Books Ltd, July 2009

272 pages, Paperback

Description Produced behind closed doors, disposed of discreetly, hidden by euphemism, sh*t is rarely out in the open in 'civilised' society, but the world of waste - and the people who deal with it, work with it and in it - is a rich one. This book takes us underground to the sewers of NYC and London and overground, to meet the heroes of India's sanitation movement, American sewage schoolteachers, the Japanese genius at the cutting edge of toilet technology, and the biosolids lobbying team. With a journalist's nose for story, and a campaigner's desire for change, Rose George also addresses the politics of this under-reported social and environmental effluent, and the consequences of our reluctance to talk about it. Witty and original, The Big Necessity proves that sh*t doesn't have to be a dirty word.