"If waste is, broadly defined, the externalities of social and technical
systems, then noise is a quintessential form of waste. Noise pollution
is disturbing or excessive sound that may harm humans or animals, and,
not surprisingly, it usually emits from industrial technologies. Perhaps
because it exceeds the material fetish of most pollution laws, it
wasn’t until the 1970s (1975 in Portland, to be exact) that U.S.
governments promoted noise from a “nuisance” to f a full fledged
environmental problem like its material cousins in the pollution
panoply. Yet, noise remains a generally neglected source for the
theorization of waste, pollution, and harm. If you are interested in
remedying the situation, here is a bibliography for you:"
http://discardstudies.wordpress.com/2013/10/21/bibliography-on-noise-pollution/
