Seeing that it's the last day of 2007, I thought I drop a note in my journal. It's been over 3 months since I've done so. I saw the following story today and thought "I bet this guy has a smelly home":
I'm all for recycling, however, I don't think it's ever a good idea to just keep in your home for a year. This dude "saved every piece of trash he has generated during the past year to see how much garbage one person creates." According to this report, "the experiment began as a way to examine his own consumption habits, Derfel said, but grew into a statement about consumerism and the environment."
I think the only statement you made here is that you're too lazy to take the trash out. You want to make "a statement about consumerism and the environment"; keeping your funky trash in your home isn't the answer.
You would think that maybe, just maybe, there is some sense to this. Sure, doing something like this does make a pretty strong smell, er, statement, but the story goes on to say that "Derfel said he eventually hopes to donate his accumulated waste to a sculptor." Yeah, I'm sure a sculptor would love to make art with your year old garbage over using clay, or marble, or anything other than garbage.
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Man keeps year's worth of garbage in apartment- Story Highlights
- Ari Derfel trying to make statement about consumerism, environment
- 35-year-old California man accumulates about 96 cubic feet of trash
- Derfel wants to donate trash to sculptor
BERKELEY, California (AP) -- Ari Derfel leads a trashy life. He just wants to remind everyone else that they do, too.
The 35-year-old Berkeley caterer said he has saved every piece of trash he has generated during the past year to see how much garbage one person creates. In his case, it was about 96 cubic feet.
The experiment began as a way to examine his own consumption habits, Derfel said, but grew into a statement about consumerism and the environment.
"When we throw something away, what does 'away' mean?" Derfel said."There's no such thing as 'away."'
The refuse -- including every tissue, receipt, food wrapper and plastic bottle -- lies in bins in the kitchen and living room of Derfel's apartment. He composts his food scraps.
Derfel said he eventually hopes to donate his accumulated waste to a sculptor.
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