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What We're Throwing Away

267 views · Published 17 July 2017 · 55:15 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: Chicago Humanities · 2017 · Nonprofits & Activism

Carl Zimring wrote the book on garbage. Well, several actually. He has written about environmental racism and scrap recycling and edited the two-volume "Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage". His most recent work is on “upcycling,” when discarded materials are fashioned into goods of greater value, focusing on aluminum and its crucial role in post-WWII design. With an eye to how attitudes about waste shape culture, institutions, and inequalities, Zimring will offer a uniquely well-informed perspective on the past, present, and future of garbage.

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