Trash!: A Garbageman's Story

A Montreal garbageman's sharp and funny memoir/exposé, in which he attempts to convince people to “stop imagining that your garbage magically disappears”

This fascinating no-bullshit account of twenty years in waste management paints a vivid portrait of the heroic labor, anarchic spirit, and violent conditions of the people who keep our cities clean.

Paré-Poupart's story is atypical: he started working as a garbageman to pay for school, and after earning graduate degrees and working in more “...