Stopping the Clock: An Argument for the End of Age and Trash Discrimination

we’re wasteful. In order to find solutions for our trash problem, we must first admit that we are

Heather Roger claims our current garbage disposal methods are short term and etiquette. Rogers’s position is clear that we need to minimize the use of landfills and create better means to discard trash. In supporting Rogers’s environment views I think that we need to create a more economic and environmental friendly garbage disposal system. Heather Rogers and Lars Eighner both acknowledge the issue with society’s throwaway mentality. Eighner proves that we throw away perfectly working stuff, having survived off others discarded materials. Eighner argues against excessive waste we create but does not have any prospected solutions. Whereas Rogers acknowledges the obvious need to minimize our consumption of waste but argues the need

political discourse. An expanding wealth gap within our own country that seems unrivaled by those in the past has opened up criticism of the government’s handling of extreme wealth and the redistribution of such wealth to the poor and the needy. In many ways, this criticism is quite simply what Trash by Andy Mulligan is about; he uses these three teenage boys to tell a story about wealth disparity, corrupt government, and abuse of power in a way that makes the plot universal to nearly every society. While the characters live in poverty that is unheard of stateside and thus makes it hard to relate to their specific struggles, the storyline of the civil rights activists who fought to make the

“Waste” is a short essay in which Wendell Berry critically analyzes the growing epidemic of trash that is polluting the nation’s land, waterways, and the air. Berry explains to the readers how the remnants of floods and litter that leave farmlands scattered with trash, makes more work for the farmers who have to rid their land of the trash before they can use it. Along with the floods, roads and highways also lead to a barrage of garbage from people who are too lazy or ignorant to take proper care of their garbage, which Berry claims leads to “. . . a constant precipitation of cans, bottles, the plastic-ware containers of fast food joints, soiled plastic diapers, and sometimes whole bags of garbage,” (Waste 1) along the edges of their fields. The garbage of the country continues to be a burden for everyone, whether it impacts them directly or not. Although it would be impossible to eliminate garbage completely from the country, the waste could be greatly reduced. Most of today’s trash is a consequence of the laziness of American society.

In today’s society, there is an abundance of waste. This is clear in observing how people live, we often throw out items because we want something better. Lars Eighner, author of "On Dumpster Diving," writes about his experiences being homeless and how he survived on the waste of others. This provides insight on how the phrase "one man's trash is another man's treasure," is true. Jeremy Seifert, who directed the documentary Dive!, also talks about how he survives off of other people's waste, but this was a decision he made. As they tell of their experiences, Seifert and Eighner both come to the conclusion that society is wasteful. While both individuals provided good information, I believe Seifert presented the better argument. Both of

Yesterday I threw out an old jar of peanut butter with only about an inch left. It no longer served a purpose, as I had purchased a new and improved jar. As I began to toss the jar towards the garbage, I was reminded of an essay I had just read. In his essay Dumpster Diving, Lars Eighner suggests that when we throw away items, homeless people can find a way to make use out of whatever it is. Therefore, if we don't want there to be bums on the street, it is inferred that we shouldn't throw anything extra out. I myself was not supporting the homeless community, or being wasteful, I was just trying to make room in the cabinet. If I would have kept that inch of peanut butter, it wouldn't have made the world's population of homeless people try

The society we live in is disposable we feel more than comfortable throwing away or removing things we use from cans, to shoes, and even plastic bottles because we feel as though it’s easier to throw them out then to fix them then reuse them. This process of renewal then reusing has been given a name; its name is “recycling”. The base word of recycle is cycle which according to Webster’s dictionary means to “a set of events or actions that happen again and again in the same order: a repeating series of events or actions.” While reading Garbology I learned the real reason why so much trash exists on our planet which is affecting our living conditions. Our planet is so “trashed” as a result undereducated people not pondering over where their trash ends up, allowing them to

Today, our society is a very judgemental and economic status based society. I will be looking throughout 3 stories using the Marxist lens. We tend to think that we are all split up into different class mainly based on wealthiness, race, gender and ethnicity. People tend to think that the more money you have the more economic status and power you should have over lower class people. Marxists believe that a human’s ability to produce goods and services means people can move past the conflicts of a society that is divided into classes. “First class and coach land at the same runway at the same time.” The person who said this quote was steve jobs and I really loved it because it showed how the classes arent that different. People should not be treated any differently based on economic status and wealth.

The details build an appeal to pathos and impresses upon the reader that this is a problem worth discussing. They are shared in exploited proportions through the excuse called privilege. And knowingly or unknowingly privilege is something that is given to one unknowingly due to the state the modern world is in. Privilege was unfortunately molded over time and to the best of the future the future leaders of the world are working to make things favorable so that the apparent mistakes made in the past won’t follow through into the future. She had also mentioned in her essay that ‘Privilege is relative and contextual. Few people in this world, and particularly in the United States, have no privilege at all. Among those of us who participate in intellectual communities, privilege runs

In a world full of different people that come from various backgrounds, there are different perspectives on what is found as important. Something that is seen as trash or useless by one may have once meant the world to another person. Each piece of trash carries a memory from its past life, ready to take on its new life to help the next person in one way or another. Howard Nemerov’s poem “The Town Dump”, Lars Eighner’s essay “On Dumpster Diving”, and “The Town Dump” by Wallace Stegner each tell a story about how trash has impacted them. Even though these pieces are written with different messages, each piece of writing uses tone to establish the importance of local trash, as well as establishing the history behind its significance.

The growth of consumption has caused a large increase in rubbish. This is due to people having more choice when out shopping. Many years ago women stayed at home and men went to work but now that both men and women are out earning there is a lot more disposable income which ends with people buying luxuries and upgrading items they already have. This results in the old ones being thrown away. People are constantly upgrading and renewing items to better models. Mobile phones bring out new models every year which people feel the need to buy to keep up with the trend and because they want the newest gadgets on the street. Pcs have changed to laptops which gives the pc no home except out to be collected on bin day. This causes a problem

The Bucket Rider embeds an evident connection to social justice. The first connection is the distinction between the wealthiness of the coaldealer and the bucket rider. When the bucket rider arrived at the coaldealers home, the dealer opened the door and let out “excessive heat.” These words were used to emphasize the wealthiness of the dealer considering heat is a necessity to all, yet he has an unreasonable amount. Whereas the bucket rider is afraid he may “freeze to death” and needs to go on a journey to “seek aid from the coaldealer.” This connects to social justice because their is a clear unfair distribution of wealth within the bucket rider, as the coaldealer is very wealthy and the bucket rider is penniless. Secondly, this connects

Trash. What is considered trash? Trash, is a subjective term. For some, it’s the whole, “waste not, want not”, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure”, etc. We’ve all heard these age old adages, but how much do we, as concerned Americans truly take this to heart when it comes to food waste? Some may argue that an expiration date is some magical sign to throw food away, which, does have some truth to it. No one wants to eat food that’s expired, and therefore, will make one sick. However, as a nation, America contributes to food waste by holding a staggering forty percent of the world’s food waste total (Flick). If America contributes to almost half of the world’s food waste, then it stands to reason that America is the most

From birth people are classified by the government, they either get to be an Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, or Epsilon. An alpha represents the intellectually higher group of all. They are the high class people in society. The Beta falls under alpha because they are similar to Alphas, but they are required to think less. Gammas are good workers but are in low risk in their profession. Also, Deltas are unskilled people who don't last long in their jobs. Lastly, we have our Epsilons, these people are the lowest class in society because they can’t read nor write. Their duty is to work in sewage labor. This shows that people have no control of becoming what they want in life. From birth they are determine which jobs they'll have, “We also predestine or condition. We decant our babies as socialized human beings, as Alphas or Epsilons, as future sewage workers or future Directors of Hatcheries."

People tossing out trash means that they don’t care what happens to it as long as it’s out of their car or house. People should think of the impact they can cause the environment if they recycle properly, reusing water bottles, and when they go grocery shopping bring a reusable bags that won’t be thrown out into streams and lakes that will cause pollution to the environment. If someone throws garbage where it shouldn’t belong then throw it out for them to keep the environment clean.