Voices from the Wasteocene - The trash inspector

They are 'bin-rifling' detectives, as a journalist once called them, looking for clues that may trace them back to the offenders in what regards waste management. Benoit Vandevelde explains how the work of a trash inspector is. In this video, we see that those who deal with waste management fieldworkget to know their city in particular and society in general, like garbologists do. If our consumption habits - such as diet, hygiene and health care products - may say something about the way we live… then, aren’t we what we throwaway?
‘’Throwaway’’ is a project that unearths the hidden history of waste in Europe while simultaneously highlighting its significance as a marker of social change. It includes an exhibition in the House of European History in Brussels, open until January 2024: historia-europa.ep.eu/en/thro...
This video is one of a selection from the Throwaway digital platform - check out all the stories and more here: throwaway-history.eu/