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Eve Ogden Schaub \u201992, BA \u201993, BFA \u201993, caps off her trilogy of memoirs with Year of No Garbage<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Lindsay Lennon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It started with Oscar the Grouch, the trashcan-dwelling curmudgeon of \u201cSesame Street\u201d\u2014followed by the 1970s series of public service ads featuring Woodsy Owl and his catchphrase, \u201cGive a hoot! Don\u2019t pollute!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For Eve Ogden Schaub \u201992<\/a>, BA \u201993, BFA \u201993, the message stuck. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always had an understanding that garbage was not a good thing\u2014and a curiosity about it,\u201d says Schaub. <\/strong>\u201cBack in the days before people would sort for recycling, my parents would put everything in one big, black bag. And I remember thinking, \u2018That doesn\u2019t seem right.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With her latest book, Schaub challenges herself\u2014and her family\u2014to confront trash\u2019s ubiquity in everyday life.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Schaub tackled sugar, then clutter\u2014and now trash, a thorny problem in our disposable culture.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

For Year of No Garbage<\/em><\/a>\u2014<\/em>the final installment of her trilogy of memoirs\u2014Schaub, her husband, and their two daughters pledged to divert all the waste produced in their southern Vermont home from landfills and incinerators, whether by reusing, recycling, or composting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are people in the world living zero-waste lifestyles, and I was anxious to try it,\u201d says Schaub, who previously penned Year of No Sugar <\/em>(2014) and Year of No Clutter <\/em>(2017). \u201cI have this real stubborn optimism. I always feel like there\u2019s a way\u2014and if I could just look hard enough, I\u2019ll find an answer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As <\/strong>a former reporter for the Manchester Journal<\/em> newspaper and a dual-degree holder in photography and English literature from the College of Arts and Sciences, Schaub approaches her memoirs as chronicles of her lived experiences, mixed with deep-dive research and expert interviews. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are people in the world living zero-waste lifestyles, and I was anxious to try it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In\u00a0No Sugar<\/em>, Schaub\u2014inspired by a video showcasing the work of endocrinologist and obesity expert Robert Lustig, MD \u201980<\/a>\u2014eliminated (with exceptions) added sugars, artificial sweeteners, and fruit juice from her household\u2019s diet for a year; the project garnered considerable media attention, including a spot on\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cDr. Oz.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In No Clutter<\/em>, she tackled her home\u2019s \u201cHell Room,\u201d an upstairs bedroom so packed she could barely open the door. Along the way, she confronted our collective perception of possessions as invaluable parts of our identities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For No Garbage, <\/em>Schaub interviewed dozens of recycling and sustainability experts and parsed government documents, court records, and think-tank reports to discern exactly what happens to our solid waste and recyclables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After taking out the last of the previous year\u2019s trash on January 1, Schaub began composting food waste\u2014which, in a woodsy state like Vermont, was the easy part. But sorting through synthetic items for recycling was a constant, laborious task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI firmly believed that all these different wrappers and containers had a purpose, a perfect home,\u201d Schaub writes, \u201cif only I could figure out what it was.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Schaub\u2019s \u201crecycling station\u201d\u2014in many ways its own character in the book\u2014spiraled from tiny, organized stacks to a snarled pile. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though she avoided obvious offenders like excessive packaging, \u201cthe small stuff that I didn\u2019t know what to do with seemed never-ending,\u201d she writes\u2014like the plastic rings around lids of cardboard oatmeal containers and glass olive jars, or the stickers affixed to most produce.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And when it came time to research where some recyclables were ending up, Schaub says, her garbage-free journey became far more nebulous and disheartening than she\u2019d anticipated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Part of Schaub\u2019s recycling and sorting station, about midway through the year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The truths she uncovered\u2014particularly around plastics\u2014alarmed her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen we stopped throwing things away, very quickly, Darth Vader emerged,\u201d Schaub jokes. \u201cAnd it was plastic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While she learned that some types of glass and paper have favorable recycling rates\u2014particularly cardboard, at 90%\u2014securing reputable destinations for other materials was daunting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plastic, at a dismal 5%, quickly became the biggest obstacle to her family\u2019s trash-free existence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When we stopped throwing things away, very quickly, Darth Vader emerged\u2014and it was plastic.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think most people believe that if they make the effort to put something in recycling, it will be recycled\u2014but that\u2019s not happening,\u201d says Schaub. \u201cThe government is not watching, and corporations don\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From a recycling standpoint, she says, the least consumers can do is be mindful of single-use plastics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a larger scale, Schaub urges readers to support legislation addressing plastic waste\u2014whether through bag bans, bottle return bills, or holding corporations accountable for the high environmental cost of the waste their products create.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Says Schaub: \u201cIndividual action is important\u2014but by itself, it is not going to make the difference.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sorting and salvaging\u2014but what to do with all those food wrappers?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In large part, Schaub was inspired to pursue her trilogy\u2019s \u201cyear of\u201d format by two high-profile projects: the 2004 documentary Super Size Me<\/em>\u2014in which filmmaker Morgan Spurlock chronicled the effects of eating nothing but McDonald\u2019s food for 30 days\u2014and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle,<\/em> Barbara Kingsolver\u2019s 2007 book about her family\u2019s adoption of a strictly local diet on their Appalachian farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThree feels like a good number,\u201d Schaub says of her series. \u201cI love the symmetry of what we put into our bodies, the things we keep in our homes, and, lastly, the things we put into the environment. There\u2019s a nice closure to that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All photos provided.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published May 2, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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