Waste Colonialism, Recycling, & Microplastics
May 23, 2022•1 hr 17 min
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Episode description
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!
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Outro music: 'American Garbage' by AJJ
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