This week in trash news:
- A new bill introduced in the house and the senate would put $50 million toward reducing the stink, gas emissions and water pollution caused by hog farms;
- Angy Mauritians debate plans to burn trash;
- Washingtonians work toward a trash-free Patomic;
- Americans contemplate making energy from Karachi trash while locals wonder what’s in it for them; and
- Scrap metal theives in Houston may be stealing trash cans for profit;
- A Long Island junk remover with a thing for the Beatles finds treasure in another man’s trash.
And speaking of trash people, 
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Hands down the best part about having a trash blog is that my weekly web searches lead me to other people out there doing similarly bizarre work on trash-related matters. And sometimes, when I’m very lucky, other trashies trolling the Internet stumble accross this site and contact me. Such was the case recently when I received a very nice note from the (not so) amateur photographer behind the wonderful new art garblog, 
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Happy first day of Spring!
Hello from Hong Kong. The lovely YMCA here provides broadband in every room, so before my 24 hour Internet card wears off, I thought I’d post this photo from today’s jet lagged excursion to Central Hong Kong. Not much to report, trash-wise, though I do want to report on the long flight over. The kind flight attendants at Cathay Pacific ask each guest if s/he would like an eye shade instead of providing one in the little kit with toothbrush and travel socks. I’d like to believe this is to cut back on wasted materials. In honor of this, perhaps-minor-in-the-grand-scheme-of-things-though-still-noted-and-appreciated gesture, I plan to make myself a travel smock when I get home using my sizable-and-formerly-useless eye mask collection. Stay tuned for more Asian trash stories when I hit the main land…
From March 3rd through March 18th I’ll be in China chillin’ with the family, testing the accuracy of my definition of “Chinese food” and, because I can’t help it, taking pictures of trash and the people who move it, live in it and profit from it. Though I can’t promise regular posts from the People’s Republic, I can offer a much better solution: Kimberly!
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