The Ethics of Trash and Environmental Justice

Photo by art_es_anna.
The Modern Predicament
The amount of material needed to sustain the modern world is somewhat ridiculous– and what better way to understand how much substance we buy is there than looking at the trash we produce? For example, in 2005, the United States produced 246 million tons of trash.
This is an extremely large amount [...]

Trashy Taiwan

(Original photo via Uncle Mut at 34)
No, I’m not trashin’ Taiwan. I’m talking about trash in Taiwan, thanks to a recent opinion piece by Julia Ross in the Washington Post.

What I Picked Up About Trash in Taipei
By Julia Ross
December 2, 2007

When I planned for my year in Taiwan two summers ago, trash was the [...]