Our refuse is our life. Not only what we throw away, but how we discard it speaks. Garbage is sometimes immaterial: human beings are told that culture is garbage. Words and ideas can be as impermanent as one square of toilet tissue. (Self-reference is noted).
From apartments with separate doors for people and trash to the "archive" feature in the Gmail inbox, how we live is how we throw away. From VH1 reality shows to Lady Gaga's hairpiece, we are a trash society: we exalt and loathe our garbage in equal measures.