Flushed waste builds hidden monsters
Things that seem to vanish down the drain, like cooking grease and wipes, can clump together into enormous sewer-blocking masses. Getting rid of something out of sight does not mean it is gone.
Follow the money to waste
Most waste problems trace back to someone making a profit from producing, selling, or disposing of things. To understand why a society makes so much trash, ask who earns money from it being made.
Garbage burdens fall unequally
The harms of dumping and handling waste land hardest on poor communities and people of color. Where the trash ends up reflects who has the least power to refuse it.