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Archive Home > 2011 > November > 13 > Dumpster diver’s thesis: Good stuff going to waste

Dumpster diver’s thesis: Good stuff going to waste

• A grad student is examining why Americans throw out still-edible food

By Katherine Long / The Bulletin
November 13, 2011

SEATTLE — He’s an anthropology grad student, so David Giles has one foot in the ivory tower. But the other one? It’s squarely in the garbage.

For his doctoral thesis, the University of Washington student is examining how cultural assumptions of what is appetizing lead to the disposal of surplus,....

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