Five Major Myths about Garbage and Why They're Wrong
Smithsonian article by William Rathje and Cullen Murphy based on findings from the Garbage Project.
www.plasticsresource.com/s_plasticsresource/doc.asp?TRACKID=&CID=175&DID=48...
Flickr: This Is Garbage
A place to find and post photos of garbage that is interesting, gross, or in desperate need of freecycling.
flickr.com/groups/this_is_garbage
Garbage Analysis Exercise
Interprets modern "archaeological" data--somebody's trash.
www.iupui.edu/~anthpm/a103trashex.html
Garbology: 2.4 Man-Meals a Day
Provides an overview of the U.S. Army's 1941 mess hall garbology study and the beginning year of the University of Arizona's Garbology Project.
www.ralphmag.org/AY/garbology-one.html
Garbology: Professional Development Resources
Offers several garbology and recycling activities for grade school students.
coe.west.asu.edu/explorer/garbage/garbage.staff.resources.html
Rathje, William (1949- )
Biography of the archaeologist best known for his development of the Garbage Project.
emuseum.mnsu.edu/information/biography/pqrst/rathje_william.html