Comments on: Weekly Compactor http://everydaytrash.com/2008/06/28/weekly-compactor-38/ A closer look at what we throw away. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:19:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: dumpstertaoist http://everydaytrash.com/2008/06/28/weekly-compactor-38/#comment-6468 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:04:58 +0000 http://everydaytrash.wordpress.com/?p=911#comment-6468 Thanks for replying Leila. Don’t know how many people read the comments here, but I like to vent a bit here in this little place, hope you don’t mind. And hey, this is rather ironic, doncha think? On the Wall-E story:

http://www.alternet.org/movies/89964/

]]> By: everydaytrash http://everydaytrash.com/2008/06/28/weekly-compactor-38/#comment-6460 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:52:04 +0000 http://everydaytrash.wordpress.com/?p=911#comment-6460 I know, trash suffers from such framing issues. We need some major trash PR to set the record straight: culprit = manufacturers and perpetrators of consumer culture.

]]> By: dumpstertaoist http://everydaytrash.com/2008/06/28/weekly-compactor-38/#comment-6450 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:37:31 +0000 http://everydaytrash.wordpress.com/?p=911#comment-6450 On the NYT Trash in England article:

This is a huge step backwards, not only in the history of modern sanitation, but also for environmentalism. This is bound to backfire, and it’s nothing but a sham! Collecting taxes and fines in the name of the environment. Hey! Let’s be strict on the real culprits, since we have so much time to devote to trash issues. Let’s stop trash at the source and impose fines on manufacturers of products that aren’t environmentally sound! Not the poor consumers who have to deal with maggots now! Gross, even for me, the dumpster taoist.

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