Most people hardly think twice about the garbage they throw away daily. But not Elizabeth Royte, the author of Garbage Land. Garbage Land is a revealing look into our daily garbage habits—what we throw away, how much we throw away, how we throw away and what happens to the garbage after it leaves our homes. Underneath all this trash talk is an avant-garde book about traveling. Royte takes her readers on a voyage guided by none other than, her garbage.

Elizabeth Royte is the recipient of the 1999 Alicia Patterson Foundation fellowship and has written for esteemed magazines such as Harper’s, National Geographic, and Rolling Stone. Garbage Land is published by Little, Brown & Co.
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