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102 Tons
The weight of 102 tons represents the amount of trash that every American generates over the course of a lifetime. Though it is a real number based on statistics, it is also a metaphor, both…
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Addiction
Throughout Garbology, author Edward Humes describes the U.S.’s relationship with trash as an addiction. While this relationship doesn’t fit the medical definition of addiction, metaphorically, the comparison helps emphasize how deeply entrenched certain practices…
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