Garbology
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Garbology
| Full title | Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash |
|---|---|
| Author | Edward Humes |
| Published | 2012 |
| Pages | 288 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Edward Humes follows American trash from the kerb to Puente Hills — the largest landfill in the country — by way of garbage archaeologists, waste haulers and the recycling market. Waste is one of the largest industries almost nobody can describe. |
Where I heard about it
- A crowd-sourced X thread — in the replies to @WillManidis asking “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?” (the thread, June 2025); the full list is on what is the single best book… (tweet).
Connections
- what is the single best book… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- Recycling — the part of the industry most people think they understand.
What links here
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