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Technology has long been an essential consideration in public discussions of the environment, with the focus overwhelmingly on creating new tools and techniques. In more recent years, however, activists, researchers, and policymakers have increasingly turned to mobilizing older technologies in their pursuit of sustainability. In fascinating case studies ranging from the Early Modern secondhand trade to utopian visions of human-powered vehicles, the contributions gathered here explore the historical fortunes of two such technologies—bicycling and waste recycling—tracing their development over time and providing valuable context for the policy successes and failures of today.

Relation between energy and economics --- World history --- anno 1900-1999 --- Recycling (Waste, etc.) --- Salvage (Waste, etc.) --- Bicycles --- Scrapping --- Cycling --- Sustainability --- History --- Environmental aspects --- Cycling - History --- Cycling - Environmental aspects --- Recycling (Waste, etc.) - History --- Recycling (Waste, etc.) - Environmental aspects --- Bicycles - Scrapping --- Sustainability. --- Sustainability science --- Human ecology --- Social ecology --- Conversion of waste products --- Recovery of natural resources --- Recovery of waste materials --- Resource recovery --- Waste recycling --- Waste reuse --- Conservation of natural resources --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Energy conservation --- Waste products --- Bicycle riding --- Bicycle transportation --- Bicycling --- Aerobic exercises --- Locomotion --- Dicycles --- Tricycles --- Unicycles --- History. --- Environmental aspects. --- activists. --- bicycling and waste recycling. --- context for policy today. --- exploration of bicycling. --- exploration of waste recycling. --- historical. --- mobilizing older technologies. --- policymakers. --- public discussions of environment. --- pursuit of sustainability. --- researchers. --- tracing development. --- Handcycles