Garbology our dirty love affair with trash written from a us perspective and in a somewhat ponderous style this book is of most interest to non us readers when it details some of the frightening statistics of the global garbage scene especially of the threat posed by the careless disposal of the plastics we use in everyday life an interesting insight also into the way in which powerful interest groups can succeed in negating proposals to combat the threat posed by irresponsible. Garbology our dirty love affair with trash garbology a pulitzer prize winning journalist takes readers on a surprising tour of the world of garbage take a journey inside the secret world of. Garbology our dirty love affair with trash by edward humes is a book that has changed my life honestly i ran across this book at the library and picked it up since it looked interesting i have always been into recycling but this book opened by eyes to the waste that surrounds us and how recycling is only a teeeeeeeensy piece of a solution