A clear-eyed look at the rubbish we create in our everyday lives, what happens to it, where it goes and whether it will outlive us. There's no hiding the fact that for most of us reading this book will be a lesson in preparing for the apocalypse, and a brutal stripping away of our illusions . . . But if we then sink into 'ecological neurosis', it's a sign that we're on the right path to liberating the Earth from the tyranny of trash