[173] Guest Lecturer Talks Trash On Next 'MTSU On The Record'

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oct. 27, 2010
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081

GUEST LECTURER TALKS TRASH ON NEXT ‘MTSU ON THE RECORD’
Prominent ‘Garbologist’ Sifts through Society’s Discards to Learn More About Us

(MURFREESBORO) - Dr. William L. Rathje, an expert on the archaeology of modern garbage, will be the guest on the next edition of “MTSU on the Record” with host Gina Logue at 8 a.m. this Sunday, Oct. 31 on WMOT-FM (89.5 and wmot.org).
Rathje will speak at MTSU’s Undergraduate Social Science Symposium at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, in the Tennessee Room of the James Union Building. His topic will be “Our Garbage Dilemma from the Perspective of an Anthropologist.” This event is free and open to the public.
A professor at the University of Arizona, Rathje is also founder and director of The Garbage Project, which conducts archaeological studies of modern refuse. Since 1973, The Garbage Project has studied fresh refuse to document household-level food waste, diet and nutrition, recycling and discard of hazardous wastes.
Rathje’s current research and public policy focus is on source reduction. He serves as technical consultant to ULS (Use Less Stuff), which promotes itself as “the newsletter of source reduction.”
To listen to previous programs, go to http://www.mtsu.edu/news/podcast/podcast2010.shtml. For more information about “MTSU on the Record,” contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.

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