Your comfortable lifestyle is made possible by creating tons of waste, says study

BY: CAROLINE ROLF It is difficult to deny that we are the most wasteful people in the history of the planet, especially when we consider how little we hold ourselves accountable for the ramifications of our daily consumption and waste.…

When the world’s largest landfill closed, a city of garbage pickers collapsed

BY: SINEAD MULHERN Sifting through the rot you never know what you might find. When garbage is your specialty, the smell becomes normal, you eat among it sharing space with the vultures and watch for sharp discards jutting out from…

30% of food in the USA goes to waste – Fill stomachs, not landfills

BY: PILGRIM I used to know a girl who would occasionally go dumpster diving for the mass quantities of bread and baked goods that get thrown away behind supermarkets, bakeries and restaurants. Sometimes, when she was in the dumpster, the…