Jul 01, 2008 7:49 PM
A Second Chance for Trashed Furniture and Floors
Are you reading this from your office computer? Tap your ‘shift’ key twice in solidarity. Is there a laminate composite desk in front of you or metal filing cabinet out in the hall? Open and close the drawers with pride. Gray carpet with specks of white and magenta underneath your feet? Work up a good static charge with the soles of your shoes.
Jun 18, 2008 9:24 PM
Trashy News
It’s rainy. It’s cloudy. It’s nasty…not exactly dumpster diving weather. Luckily, I’ve been keeping tabs on the trashiest news , so instead of sifting through soggy newspapers and pizza boxes, I’ll be sifting through RSS feeds and press releases.
Jun 12, 2008 11:15 PM
Deer Island: Life after the flush
Gestating Waste
The first time I saw them I was on a sailboat in the Boston Harbor. From miles away they looked like a breeding ground: a dozen skyscraper-sized eggs gestating alien life forms. One day they’ll hatch, and tripods or face huggers with emerge.
In reality they are gestating something more terrestrial, yet still very much alive: treated human waste, or sludge, from 2.2 million people in 43 communities in Eastern Massachusetts.
May 29, 2008 9:26 AM
The End of the Age of Trash
Week 2: The Trash Continues For two weeks, I didn't throw away a single piece of trash. Instead, I kept it and took it with me to work, bars, the gym, everywhere. Last week, it was a cinch; this week, not so much...
Trash Withdrawal
May 13, 2008 9:14 PM
Getting to Know You(r Trash)
Trash. Woody Allen sees it as bad TV. Garbologists see it as an archeological treasure trove of evidence about human culture and behavior. Freegans see it as a livelihood.
