There’s the glam side of Earth Day, where people plant trees, count birds and listen to Neil deGrasse Tyson speak on climate change.
Then there’s the more unseemly side of saving the earth: garbage.
What do we do with all the trash we generate? Where does it go, and does it go where it should? Are we doing our best to keep it out of the landfill?
This week, we take a closer look at our complicated relationship with waste.
We survey the scene at a local scrapyard
We interview city recycling czar George Dreckmann
We check out plans for Dane County’s waste transfer station
We get up close and personal with compost:
Dude, where’s my cheap compost?
Could a composting toilet be right for you?
Curbside composting is still delayed
We illustrate our garbage “by the numbers”
We offer up some “trashy” dishes
We catch up with Garbage, the band
We interview a fashion upcycler
And, we take a look at those who are saving obsolete technology
Did you pick up the print version? Whatever you do, don’t throw it in the trash. Read, re-read, recycle!
