There are a lot of zero waste how-to blogs on the internet. This isn’t that type of blog. I’m here to talk about waste management, circular economy, and consumption. Unpacking how I understand it from my kitchen trash can to globalized waste trading (and sprinkled with funny cartoons and videos of singing trash cans). Let’s talk about what we buy, sell, use, consume, discard, and repair in our lives and around the world. Let’s ask big questions about a topic that treats the idea of “away” as a magical abyss where unwanted stuff goes.
The world is waking up to waste.
So let’s talk trash.
In the literal sense.
WASTE (noun): an act or instance of using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose. unwanted or unusable material, substances, or by-products.
synonyms: rubbish, waste material, refuse, litter, garbage, debris, junk, trash
Straight Trash Talk 