Triangulation 417: Kate O'Neill: Waste




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Summary: <p>Mikah Sargent talks with professor Kate O'Neill about her new book, 'Waste' and what we can do about the ever-growing amount of trash each of us produces. They discuss what happens to much of our e-waste and how tech companies could work proactively, including the right-to-repair. One big issue is how China changed recycling world-wide, complicating the recycling industry and what happens next. Some solutions to this problem include finding alternatives to plastic and developing a global solution to our waste problem. Mikah and Kate also coin the term "Garbology."</p> <p>Buy 'Waste':<a href="http://amzn.to/2luYrPt" target="_blank"> https://amzn.to/2luYrPt</a></p> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/mikah-sargent">Mikah Sargent</a></p> <p><strong>Guest:</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/kmoneill2530" target="_blank">Kate O'Neill ("Waste" author)</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to this show at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation">https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation</a>.</p> <p><strong>Sponsor:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="http://LastPass.com/twit">LastPass.com/twit</a></li> </ul>