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This morning I blew off sniping photos of poor trash management in favor of playing with my two boys - easy decision. So instead of posting a photo, I thought I’d post this numerical reminder of how blind we are to our consumption. Over 500 billion plastic bags are […]

I had a lot to choose from on my drive out this morning, but I went with this beauty. You constantly hear about how you are supposed to separate your recyclables - nothing new there. This resident followed that edict, but then decided to just throw the baby out with the bath water. […]

This one is simple compared to some of the cardboard catastrophes from previous weeks. An unbroken down box (recyclable) of bottled water (don’t get me started), filled with trash and on its way to the landfill. I also think that’s a brown paper bag stuffed in there, which is both reusable and recyclable. Makes […]

Recycling cardboard isn’t that difficult, even if the county won’t pick it up for us. There’s a drop site just 1 mile from my neighborhood, which I use once a month. Yet every week I see house after house after house of people killing trees. And for what - to save time? […]

This week’s Trashed isn’t in your face like previous installments, but rather delicate…almost artistic. I imagine the resident adjusting the composition in an effort to make their ode to ignorance complete.  A little styrofoam here, some yard waste there, balance the cardboard box on top - perfect!

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This week’s pile has one of my favorites: the box, inside a box, inside a box - all made of cardboard. A sacrificial recyclable puzzle. But I’m most concerned about that car battery. Lead-acid recycling programs are very successful at keeping toxic badness out of our groundwater. Drop sites in all three counties accept […]

This week, I was surrounded by cardboard on my drive to work. It was everywhere. The four shots below were all taken within 10 houses of each other. It amazes me how reluctant people are to recycle their cardboard. Charleston County, if you’re listening, we NEED CURBSIDE PICKUP!!!

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This week’s Trashed goes back to the basics - corrugated cardboard…and lots of it. There are some other gems in this photo too. Lots of unbroken down boxes (bad for the garbage men) made of cardboard (recyclable), a bag of yard waste (compostable), bubble wrap (reusable), plastic grocery bags (recyclable), and plastic food containers […]

Maybe it was the holiday? Maybe people just blew up their trash? Maybe this column is working? Whatever the reason, I’m happy to report that there were no bad examples of trash disposal on my way in to work yesterday (though my wife said had I gone one street over, I would […]

Well, I didn’t find anything worthy of Weekly Trashed on my drive in this morning - just a couple of cardboard boxes, but nothing spectacular. So Justin thought we ought to lay this gem on you, spotted at our office.
For starters, the cardboard box -> inside a box -> inside a box is classic, […]

This week we go back to the column’s roots with a heinous shot of a cardboard catastrophe. The sheer volume of this pile amazes me, not to mention the wood palettes (on the right). I wonder if the resident knows that businesses will actually pay for those palettes?

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Oh. My. Gawd.
I drove past this pile of apathy this morning and nearly passed out - mostly because I was excited to get the photo posted. A plastic bucket filled with wood, a half dozen paper bags, a used plastic gas can, a pair of socks laying in the street, and a garbage […]

I was pleasantly surprised on my drive out this morning, so I decided to give my neighbors a pass. I saw no obscene displays of wasteful and irresponsible trash disposal, and therefore no photo to share. But hey, there’s always next week!
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I’m in Vancouver, British Columbia today, so I had to go to the archives to pick this week’s shot. It’s actually a doozy, and I’m not sure why I passed on it two weeks ago. First off, they didn’t set aside the large items for the claw to pick up - that’s just […]

This week’s shot doesn’t have the scale of recent posts, but it does have the requisite supply of cardboard.  I really like the details, like the infinitely reusable shipping tube and the recyclable bottle of chemicals sitting on top of the overflowing bin.  Seeing the boxes inside of boxes inside of boxes just dumbfounds me.

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Oh boy, here comes the cardboard carnage again.

This is my 4th edition of Weekly Trashed, and I can see that cardboard recycling apathy is going to be a major theme. I’m not even seeking these waste management mishaps out - they are all on my drive out of the neighborhood each Thursday morning.
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This week’s edition is just box city. Nothing over the top, but rather someone who decided taking a couple minutes to break down boxes and take them to a drop site was just asking too much.

I mean really, how hard is this?  I break down each box as I get it, stack them behind […]

This week’s entry has the usual cardboard carnage, but I couldn’t help notice that yard waste tucked in under there. Sure the guys could drag it out for the CAT, but they would be risking puncture wounds from the 4-inch nails sticking out of those boards. Not cool.

More Weekly Trashed: April 27th.

Sometimes trash day really bums me out… it reminds me that some people just don’t seem to care. On my way out in the morning, I always see something sad. Today was no exception.