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Garbage - Museums - New York Times
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the rituals, a feeling of virtue that seems to transcend considerations of cost. Recycling is still far more expensive than alternatives, not even counting the time and resources devoted to it every household.

The rituals are also rigorous. In New York punishments are meted out even if the wrong kind of plastic bag is used for garbage inside sealed, labeled recycling containers.

Put aside discussions of resources and cost; think of what a change this is in attitude. We have redeemed the untouchable, atoned for past wrongs, embraced the forbidden, made democratic the contact with waste. We must now all embrace our inner garbage.

"Loaded Out: Making a Museum" is on display 24 hours a day through May 5 in the windows of New York University's Kimmel Center, corner of La Guardia Place and West Third Street, Greenwich Village.

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