Rubbish - Civil Partnerships
Is it right to be scandalised by how much is thrown away? Laurie Taylor talks to the author of a new study of waste which puts anxiety about refuse into historical context.
We pay others to take away our household refuse from the front of our house whilst hoarding other junk in the attic. And while most of us wouldn't mind buying other people's discarded clothes in a charity shop, only a few are prepared to take even edible food from supermarket dumpsters. What hidden motives lurk behind our relationship with waste? Martin O'Brien, author of 'A Crisis of Waste?' and Jeff Ferrell, author of 'Empire of Scrounge', join Laurie to sift through the competing ways of understanding refuse.
Producer: Charlie Taylor.
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- Wed 11 Apr 2012 16:00大象传媒 Radio 4
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