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Eugene Tseng describes himself as the most "overeducated garbage man" in the world. An environmental engineer and lawyer who teaches at UCLA and Cal State Northridge, he has spent decades understanding what we throw away and what happens to it after the garbage truck picks up the bag on your curb. Obviously, it's not a pretty picture, but it's worse than you think. We all can do better. The first step: listen to this podcast… Oh, and of course we will ask him about the oddest things he's found in the landfill. Could diapers be radioactive? Depends...
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Eugene Tseng describes himself as the most "overeducated garbage man" in the world. An environmental engineer and lawyer who teaches at UCLA and Cal State Northridge, he has spent decades understanding what we throw away and what happens to it after the garbage truck picks up the bag on your curb. Obviously, it's not a pretty picture, but it's worse than you think. We all can do better. The first step: listen to this podcast… Oh, and of course we will ask him about the oddest things he's found in the landfill. Could diapers be radioactive? Depends...

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