Episode Details

As you know, January is Trash Month here at Clotheshorse.  Today's special guest is Anna Sacks, who you might know as @thetrashwalker on Instagram and TikTok.  Anna shares videos exposing waste by large corporations...especially companies that direct employees to destroy and throw out otherwise perfectly fine products just because they didn’t sell.  This can include food, hygiene products, paper goods, furniture, candles...you name it.   And to be clear, this is a very common practice...but it’s kept hush hush. So you might not know about it!  And we are talking some really egregious waste….Anna will give a few alarming examples in this episode.  Today’s episode will be the first half of our conversation, with the second half coming on Sunday!

And please, sign Anna's petition urging Petco and Petsmart to change their policies regarding live animals.  You can see Anna's videos about Petco on Instagram and TikTok!

Learn more about Ironbound's mission for environmental justice in Newark, NJ.
Read the Vice article "Overworking and Humiliation Are Rampant in China's Toxic Workplaces."

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