# Garbage — Ridgeline issue 203

<https://craigmod.com/ridgeline/203/>

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## What Jamie wrote

I know and think a bit about garbage and what happens to it because Tammy has a passion for this and has read a good amount about it. I would say that we do a decent job of being aware of the waste we generate. So this essay from Mod was on topic:

> Personally, I don’t love carrying my garbage around with me, but I recognize that it wouldn’t exist without my intervention. Nobody ran up and asked me to hold an empty cup. I thoughtlessly bought something. Thoughtlessly consumed it, and now I have to hold onto the detritus for a little while? Great. It’s easy. Easy to embrace that modicum of responsibility for your own waste. This is my protest song, the world’s lamest: I will attend to my garbage without complaint. Maybe give it a try next time you’re in Japan? It’s very exciting — to realize you will not be killed by your garbage, that holding a Snickers’ wrapper will not drain your crypto reserves, that not having piles of everyone else’s garbage all around is quite a nice bonus when walking through a city. And it might just keep you from buying unnecessary junk.

The best way to have less waste is to simply consume less. I liked Mod's take on being responsible for that waste.

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