ANTH 9 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Voyeurism, Waste Management, Food Waste
14 Sep 2020
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Sorters do not know origin of trash. No way to link individual bag to a house. People may give the answer the think the interviewer wants to hear. In a census tract bags randomly selected. Recording: brand name, type, cost, volume & weight. Info content differs between packaged and loose products. Various things (pets, composts, disposals, after trash stream) All problems only lead to under estimation. Nutrition & food waste control for wasted food. Most studies of nutrition over estimate consumption because they cannot. Rich & poor eat similar things but poor waste much less*- income down= waste down. Epa figures on volume are too high- rain days/water impacts garbage weight. 70% of trash buried in 5,500 landfills. Plastic is biggest category, 50% paper, 10% plastic. Rematerializing the u. s. - mexican border in ambos nogales. Study the wall as an archaeological assemblage.
