garbage demographics william rathje and cullen murphy
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Garbage DemographicsWilliam Rathje and Cullen Murphy
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Garbage is part of an ecosystem whose properties depend on: Weather Season Rate of growth
WHAT PEOPLE REALLY DO
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Garbage sampling can reveal: The percentage of households that fall victim
to advertisements. Households that have stockpiles Households that buy the same product over
time Households that didn’t like a product
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Documenting illegal aliens Household data already collected to aid the
Garbage Project “Multiplier”
GARBAGE TO CHECK THE CENSUS
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Estimate population size of prehistoric cultures
WHY ARCHAEOLOGISTS?
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Plastic accounts for 0.2 pounds of the 2.1 pounds of garbage that is thrown away in a day.
Equation: household size=0.2815xplastic NO definite way to determine proportions
between men and women in a given society.
THE GREAT EQUALIZER
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Average discard of toys and packages Child’s clothing
PROPORTION OF CHILDREN
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Analysis Example
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Name of Artifact Description
Pop Can Silver, Sprite diet
Water Jug Poland Springs, gallon
Water bottle Blue, green label, Poland springs
Bottle Seltzer , blue label, red writing,
Description:The person that produced this garbage is apparently recycling bottles used in the house. The majority of beverages that this person drinks is water. There may be a child in the house because of the smaller bottles of water.