Write about<\/i> one<\/i> of<\/i> your<\/i> regular activities in which some amount of pollution is an assumed component, but perhaps rarely directly discussed. (This can be a waste practice you have already written about that you want to reexamine from this perspective, or something new.) If we moved from accepting some amount of this kind of pollution to prohibiting this pollution entirely, would your actions be possible?\u00a0 How would they change?<\/i><\/p>\n
Readings this week:<\/strong><\/p>\n (May also be worth revisiting Moore’s conceptualizing waste chart<\/a> from a few weeks ago, especially the concept that treat waste as something that can be managed and contained, versus avoided at all costs.)<\/p>\n Liboiron, Max. \u201cLand, Nature, Resource, Property.\u201d In Pollution Is Colonialism<\/i>. Durham: Duke University Press, 2021, 39-79.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n National Association for PET Container Resources. \u201cReport on Postconsumer PET Container Recycling Activity in 2017,\u201d November 15, 2018. https:\/\/napcor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/NAPCOR_2017RateReport_FINAL_rev.pdf<\/a>. (Focus primarily on the graphs on pages 4 and 13)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n MacBride, Samantha. \u201cDoes Recycling Actually Conserve or Preserve Things?\u201d <\/span><\/span>Discard Studies<\/i><\/span><\/span> (blog), February 11, 2019. <\/span><\/span>https:\/\/discardstudies.com\/2019\/02\/11\/12755\/<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Katz, Cheryl. \u201cPiling Up: How China\u2019s Ban on Importing Waste Has Stalled Global Recycling.\u201d Yale E360. Accessed December 30, 2019. https:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/features\/piling-up-how-chinas-ban-on-importing-waste-has-stalled-global-recycling<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Schlossberg, Tala, and Nayeema Raza. \u201cOpinion | The Great Recycling Con.\u201d The New York Times , December 9, 2019, sec. Opinion. <\/span><\/span>https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/12\/09\/opinion\/recycling-myths.html<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n