Dr. Lily Baum Pollans, the author of Resisting Garbage: The Politics of Waste Management in American Cities discusses her research on how we ended up in a world that is so disposable?
Resisting Garbage dives into the world of how cities treat garbage – specifically comparing two cities: Boston and Seattle. While Boston is compliant to our current system that recycles and disposes first, Seattle defies these dominant conventions which ultimately reduces its cycles of consumption.
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