“Trash! A Garbageman’s Story”: Why should you read it?
Books about waste are usually written by policy people, consultants, or journalists. Simon Paré-Poupart, Trash! A Garbageman’s Story is written by a man who has hauled nearly 70,000 tons of it over 20 years on the streets of Montreal. That difference matters. Paré-Poupart writes from the bottom rung of the labor market; “you can’t fall …