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Everything about Garbage
Unwanted material discarded by humans
Garbage, trash, rubbish, or refuse, is waste material that is discarded by humans, usually due to a perceived lack of utility. The term generally does not encompass bodily waste products, purely liquid or gaseous wastes, or toxic waste products. Garbage is commonly sorted and classified into kinds of material suitable for specific kinds of disposal. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: GarbageA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Garbage classification system based on improved ShuffleNet v2Influential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Everything's Eventual. 14 Dark TalesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A Garbage Can Model of Organizational ChoiceCited 4,902 times
- Go sideways: GarbologyA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Waste management in SwitzerlandA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun Food waste material of any kind.
Noun Foul, rotten or unripe vegetable matter.
Noun Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.
Noun Specifically, waste material destined not to be reclaimed through recycling, composting, etc.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice
Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic
Garbage Truck of the Brain
Exosomes: From Garbage Bins to Promising Therapeutic Targets
Origin, dynamics and evolution of ocean garbage patches from observed surface drifters
On-the-fly garbage collection
Garbage collection in an uncooperative environment
A real-time garbage collector based on the lifetimes of objects
🆕 Influential since 2022
Garbage classification system based on improved ShuffleNet v2
Garbage detection and classification using a new deep learning-based machine vision system as a tool for sustainable waste recycling
Bimetallic metal-organic framework derived 3D hierarchical NiO/Co3O4/C hollow microspheres on biodegradable garbage bag for sensitive, selective, and flexible enzyme-free electrochemical glucose detection
Deep Learning-Based Small Object Detection and Classification Model for Garbage Waste Management in Smart Cities and IoT Environment
Industrial garbage-derived biocompost enhances soil organic carbon fractions, CO2 biosequestration, potential carbon credits and sustainability index in a rice-wheat ecosystem
📚 Books worth reading
Everything's Eventual. 14 Dark TalesStephen King · 2002
Rubbish!William L. Rathje, Cullen Murphy · 1992- 📕Ambiguity and commandJames G. March, Roger Weissinger-Baylon · 1986
Brad, TamadHelen Palomo · 2009- 📕Report to Committee on Street Cleaning, Board of Estimate and Apportionment, New York CityIrwin S. Osborn · 1915
Over the Hedge - There Goes the NeighborhoodErica David · 2006
Garbage collectionJones, Richard · 1996- 📕ReportSpecial Committee on New Bedford (Mass.). Garbage and Waste Collection annd Disposal · 1921
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