Waste Colonialism, Recycling, & Microplastics

Jesi Taylor joins Breht to discuss waste management, how the racialized, colonial and imperialist world order dictates where certain kinds of trash ends up, the impact of landfills on communities, the hyper-localism of recyclying and its effectiveness, the fear of microplastics, and more!

Find Jesi on twitter: https://twitter.com/moontwerk

Check out Discard Studies: https://discardstudies.com/

Wired Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUBHyTM3VEg&ab_channel=WIRED 

Outro music: 'American Garbage' by AJJ


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