From the plastic soup in the oceans and the slopes of Mount Everest, waste is omnipresent in the contemporary world. Chemical waste from drugs labs can be dumped in the nearest protected forest area and electronic waste can be shipped to the other side of the world. Nonetheless, waste is not only an environmental problem, but also a huge opportunity - it is not only a discarded material, but also a valuable resource that can be reused. In this lecture series, we will explore some of the key issues in waste production and waste management from an interdisciplinary approach.
Each of the sessions of this series will feature different guest speakers covering a variety of topics related to the notion of waste. This series is curated in collaboration with dr. Freek Colombijn (Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences).