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EP9 | Resisting Garbage with Lily Baum Pollans
Manage episode 348126873 series 3400067
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.
13 episodes
Manage episode 348126873 series 3400067
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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