Meredith Sorensen, our diligent blogger of Talkin' Trash, received a fellowship to study waste management in far flung locations around the world. Track of her trashy adventures around Europe and Central America through her own blogspot home, Trash or Treasure. We'll miss your trash talk, Meredith! For her departure, Meredith composed an ode to her recycling rollcart.

"Oh You Sexy Rollcart"

It's 6 a.m., and I awake with a start;
Did I do everything I need to do with my rollcart? More...

I have been thinking about what I might put on my future business cards: Garbologist, Recycling Ninja, and Trash Lady have come to mind.  Now I hear there is a cute Pixar robot on the scene, known as WALL-E, which stands for "Waste Allocation Load Lifter -- Earth Class".  I think I have my new title. More...

Two weekends ago I participated in the Pacific Crest Half Ironman in Bend, OR.  The 1.2-mile swim, 58-mile bike, and 13.1-mile run was a curious challenge in 95-degree heat.  I probably went through 50 paper cups filled with water and electrolytes.  No sweat.  (Well, at least about the paper cups).  Kind of like the "paper v. plastic" debate, there's a broader sustainability picture to be painted when talking about waste generation at mass sporting events.  More...

I moved to Portland for two reasons: 1) so I could commute by bike, and 2) so I could work with trash and recycling.  Imagine my joy last weekend when I met Graham Bergh, the founder and president of Resource Revival, Inc. -- a company that makes bottle openers, pictures frames, clocks, wine racks and signs out of old bike parts (mostly chains and cogs).  They give new meaning to re-cycling, and local Twin Cities bike shops are participating. More...