Are Bikes Good for the Environment?

30 Aug 2022 | Abstracted from The Society Pages

"With an estimated 18 million new bikes purchased each year in the U.S. alone, the bicycle becomes an important cultural text that has largely managed to elide environmental criticisms even though it ends up in the landfill..."

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