No Ordinary Garbage

Published: May 31, 2016, 5:22 p.m.

Trash. Garbage. Refuse. Waste. Call it whatever you like, this is the stuff we deal with everyday that we no longer want in our lives. It\u2019s not that it has no value; it actually has negative value. That\u2019s why we\u2019re getting rid of it! And apart from remembering when to drag out the bins to the curb, our trash mostly stays out of sight and out of mind. But on today\u2019s show, we explore what happens when we don\u2019t look away and follow our trash around. Where does it go? What happens to it? And what does our garbage say about who we are? Generation Anthropocene is supported by the Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences and by Worldview Stanford.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices