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guestauth0r , November 15th, 2021
by Kathy Zhang In May of 2021, I graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a combined degree in Environmental and Sustainability Studies and Art. I…
guestauth0r , April 12th, 2021
This short study analyzes the professional and political discussions of post-industrial and post-consumer waste, discards and recycling in state-socialist Hungary and connects these discourses with th…
guestauth0r , February 15th, 2021
Wishcycling is the process of placing discards into the recycling bin even when there’s little to no chance for their recovery. The term entered common use over the…
guestauth0r , March 9th, 2020
Agbogbloshie is a part of an emergent globalised scrap economy that links peripheral markets to global metal flows. In this post, Dagna Rams argues for the need to…
guestauth0r , November 18th, 2019
Discard studies spoke with three leading waste researchers about the biggest myths of the circular economy.
guestauth0r , February 11th, 2019
By Samantha MacBride There are a series of assumptions behind the familiar assertion that recycling saves resources and energy, and in so doing, protects the environment. These assumptions…
guestauth0r , October 22nd, 2018
Recycling was never just a solution to a disposal crisis, and it did not uniformly reduce total waste management costs. Rather, it addresses a range of other concerns…
Jacob Doherty , June 20th, 2018
“Pssst. There’s something really special happening here. I’m collecting five times more trash than the other guys and using solar energy to compact it all. Welcome to downtown…
guestauth0r , November 15th, 2017
Wednesday is America Recycles Day. It’s a day that reveals the complex history of industry, consumer, and social attitudes towards the environment.
guestauth0r , November 13th, 2017
This review of a special issue of the Journal of Industrial Ecology titled, “Exploring the Circular Economy” is a virtual tour of circular economy definitions and current directions….
guestauth0r , October 30th, 2017
In an economic sense, it is usually municipal and state governments that account for the cost of damage waste causes to local environments when deciding how to deal…
he_co , October 8th, 2017
Ökologie und Mode – passt das überhaupt zusammen? Teil 2 Eine wirkliche Alternative zu der üblichen Wegwerfmode, ein schöner Gedanke. Die Arbeitsbedingungen und Produktionsdetails bekannter Kett…
he_co , September 30th, 2017
Ökologie und Mode – passt das überhaupt zusammen? Teil 1 Ökologisch und fair produzierte Mode – das Thema der Eco-Fashion-Messe während der Fashion Week Berlin. Im Juli 2017…
Max Liboiron , June 5th, 2017
If I could only recommend one text in discard studies, it would be Recycling Reconsidered by Samantha MacBride (2011, MIT Press).
guestauth0r , May 29th, 2017
“Viewed as a concept by some, a framework by others, the CE is an alternative to a traditional take-make-dispose linear economy. A CE aims to keep products, components,…
guestauth0r , March 27th, 2017
A walk down this little street in Peru’s capital provides a glimpse into an understated network that quietly plays a critical role in reducing the environmental impacts of…
Alma Gottlieb , November 9th, 2016
Dear Nathaniel and Hannah, I am sorry that my generation has failed you. We have bequeathed you a world that has too many problems, too much fear, and too much…
Material World , September 13th, 2016
Joel Cahen (2012, revised 2016) With our present day awareness, the arts as we have known them up to now appear to us in general to be fakes…
Max Liboiron , March 9th, 2016
Calling reuse “recycling” a common and seemingly simple mistake, yet it is extremely important to differentiate between the two for political and environmental reasons.
Max Liboiron , February 21st, 2016
A waste audit is an analysis of a localized waste stream from your building, household, classroom, town or business. It can identify what types of waste that local…
Max Liboiron , November 2nd, 2015
What is the circular economy, exactly? Is it capitalism with better accounting? Is it about scaling up recycling and reuse? Is it about consuming less, and producing less,…
Max Liboiron , October 3rd, 2015
The Ocean Conservatory would like to burn 80% of the waste in coastal Asia with US-made incinerators. According to a wide range of experts and grassroots organizations from…
Max Liboiron , September 29th, 2015
On July 1 New York City banned disposable Styrofoam containers. First they were sued over the decision, and last week the ban was overturned. What is the big…