Taking trash talk to a whole new level

Name: Taking trash talk to a whole new level
Uploaded: 2018-05-04T20:17:41Z
Duration: 9 min 52 s
Description: Dealing with the waste of a consumer society is one of the greatest challenges of our modern times. But UPS' Sustainability Director, Peter Harris wonders: what if waste weren't waste at all? He proposes a plan where methane from the trash we produce fuels the machines that transport our critical goods; a closed-loop, circular economy that powers our world along the way.

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Peter Harris |

TED@UPS

• September 2015

Dealing with the waste of a consumer society is one of the greatest challenges of our modern times. But UPS' Sustainability Director, Peter Harris wonders: what if waste weren't waste at all? He proposes a plan where methane from the trash we produce fuels the machines that transport our critical goods; a closed-loop, circular economy that powers our world along the way.