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The Defense Department wants to ban hundreds of books. Here are the weirdest titles.

The Defense Department wants to ban hundreds of books. Here are the weirdest titles.

By Brittany Allen | July 16, 2025

A Toxic Business: On America’s Practice of Shipping Its Trash to the Global South

A Toxic Business: On America’s Practice of Shipping Its Trash to the Global South

Alexander Clapp Explores the Dirty History and Lasting Impact of the International Waste Trade

By Alexander Clapp | March 21, 2025

Elon Musk is Sending His Garbage Into Space (with All the Other Trash)

Elon Musk is Sending His Garbage Into Space (with All the Other Trash)

Iris Gottlieb Warns Us Against Treating the Galaxy Like a Trash Can

By Iris Gottlieb | August 19, 2024

The World’s Garbage Can: On the Human Consequences of Mass Export of Waste

The World’s Garbage Can: On the Human Consequences of Mass Export of Waste

Oliver Franklin-Wallis Explores the Outsourcing of Trash

By Oliver Franklin-Wallis | July 21, 2023

Turkish garbage collectors have created a library from discarded books.

Turkish garbage collectors have created a library from discarded books.

By Jonny Diamond | October 7, 2022

Look at these beautiful book sculptures adorned in fungi and coral.

Look at these beautiful book sculptures adorned in fungi and coral.

By Jonny Diamond | August 23, 2022

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Against Foodies: Lessons from Eating Out of the Trash

Against Foodies: Lessons from Eating Out of the Trash

Consuming the Dregs of Capitalist Excess

By James McWilliams | July 5, 2017

In Defense of Trash

In Defense of Trash

Why Pleasures Should Never Be Guilty, From Valley of the Dolls to Bonkbusters

By Lisa Levy | August 25, 2016