When we reflect on different social issues, lifestyles and cultural practices, it is not usual to bring waste to the main picture. However, in all those topics (and many others), the materials that are thrown away are a visible part of the complex system that forms a human being – individual preferences, habits, behaviours, citizenship, wealth, etc.
Waste also reflects current production patterns, commercial strategies and distribution systems, having a direct link with the level of industrialisation and purchasing power of the local society and its individuals, who are responsible for taking the various products from the markets and stores, use them or their contents and, after an active movement, transform the remaining portion (packaging or product) into waste, thus starting a new cycle.
