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The Idea of Waste

On the Limits of Human Life
  • John Scanlan
2025
Reaktion Books

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W.A.S.T.E. Not

John Scanlan’s “The Idea of Waste” argues that all civilization is an attempt to make waste disappear.
by Madeleine Adams via The Baffler
This publication restricts nonsubscriber access to some or all of its articles.
on May 15, 2025
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