Garbage

Trash, rubbish, waste, refuse...we have a lot of words for the gunk that goes on the truck, because whether we like it or not, humans make a lot of garbage. Get comfy with some grossness as we root around in garbage's past, present, and future. We're all on a path, you guys! SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces! Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscribers Garth Riley and Glenn Trewitt for helping to make the show possible! And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy some great Tangents merch! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen Garbage [The Scientific Definition] Neptune balls Laser broom Wishcycling [Trivia Question] Eugene Poubelle garbage can ordinance in France https://www.connexionfrance.com/article/Mag/French-Facts/Dustbins-are-named-after-French-recycling-innovator https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/poubelle https://doodles.google/doodle/eugene-poubelles-190th-birthday/ [Fact Off] Sulfur-crested cockatoos opening garbage cans because of social learning https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abe7808 https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/963482 https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)01285-4 Hermit crabs are using plastic trash as shells https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969723075885 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hermit-crabs-using-trash-as-shells-across-the-world-scientists-find-180983701/ [Ask the Science Couch] Waste-to-energy methods: power plants/incineration, gasification, landfill gas, anaerobic digestion https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652617317316?via%3Dihub https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/biomass/waste-to-energy-in-depth.php https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780857090119500090 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5530419 https://www.epa.gov/lmop/basic-information-about-landfill-gas https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate2804 https://www.epa.gov/agstar/how-does-anaerobic-digestion-work [Butt One More Thing] Poop composition of gull flocks that eat garbage from landfills https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004313541730489X?via%3Dihub https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/558545