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If \u201cthe sewer is the conscience of the city,\u201d as Victor Hugo wrote, then a fine way to understand the values and norms of a society is to study what it does with its waste.\u00a0 Take a small liberal arts college in the northeastern United States.\u00a0 In the pursuit of knowledge and student well-being, what particular kinds of waste does such an institution produce?\u00a0 Where do its cast-offs go, who handles them, and with what social, economic and environmental effects?<\/p>\n

Welcome to the Williams Waste Tour.\u00a0 This site is the collective project of the students of Waste and Value, an anthropology and environmental studies seminar at Williams College in the fall of 2022.\u00a0 To better understand how our institutional life is embedded in systems of rubbish management that shape social relations, working conditions, and ecosystems in our region, we tracked our college\u2019s waste streams.\u00a0 We followed the flows.\u00a0 In teams, we investigated where our institution\u2019s plastic, food waste, medical waste, construction debris, used art supplies and lab animal carcasses actually go when they are \u201cthrown away.\u201d\u00a0 We talked with the people who handle these discarded materials at Williams and where they go next, and we reflected on how their insights might help us de-normalize and think anew about prevailing waste practices.<\/p>\n

Select a stream below to follow along as we pursue the pathways of college waste.\u00a0 Each page represents the work of a team of two students\u2014what we learned, what the people who deal with this waste stream say about it, what further questions are raised by these findings.\u00a0 There is much more to say\u2014and many other waste streams, large and small, to examine\u2014but here is what we have found thus far.<\/p>\n

\"Oil

Art Waste<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

\"Backhoe

Construction and Demolition<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

\"Overflowing

Food Waste<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

\"Pencil

Lab Animals<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

\"medical

Medical Waste<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

\"Large

Plastics<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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