Finn Arne Jørgensen is an associate senior lecturer in history of technology and environment at Umeå University, Sweden. He was awarded the Samuel Eleazar and Rose Tartakow Levinson Prize from the Society for the History of Technology in 2009.
"Finn Arne Jørgensen has produced an absorbing and entertaining
study of one specific aspect of re-use and recycling in his
exploration of what factors influence the fates of empty bottles
and cans. It delivers insight into the complex relationships
between the evolution of national environmental policies and the
nexus of business interests, technological development, and
everyday environmentalism. Making a Green Machine is a welcome and
useful addition to the growing literature on how societies
conceptualize and manage consumer wastes."
*Technology and Culture*
"Jørgensen has provided a context for the reverse vending machine
that situates it as a nexus for debates about consumption,
production, and the environment."
*author of Cash for Your Trash*
"...a strong work that should serve as a resource for advocates,
planners and policymakers, as well as an illustration of the
strengths of an historical approach to science and technology
studies."
*ICON: The Journal of the International Committee for the History
of Technology*
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