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July 29, 2005

Strange But True!

Q. How much could someone tell about you from a look into your garbage? Are you rich or poor, city dweller or suburbanite, wasteful or ecologically minded, etc?

A. "Garbology," the scientific study of garbage, was first developed some 30 years ago by the University of Arizona's William Rathje. Garbology can reveal a lot about your consumption habits, whether you eat lots of fresh produce or mostly from a can, how much "junk food" you consume, how much you drink (which may not comport with how much you SAY you do — what you tell a pollster at the front door may be belied by your garbage going out the back).


 
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