What a waste: US campaigner wears his trash for a month


By AGENCY
  • People
  • Sunday, 29 May 2022

Greenfield walking around Beverly Hills on May 16 wearing a suit filled with all the trash he generated living and consuming like a typical American for one month to show just how much trash we unthinkingly throw away. Photos: Robyn Beck/AFP

We all know someone with a rubbish fashion sense, but Rob Greenfield was proud to be wearing garbage – it's all part of a plan to show just how much trash we unthinkingly throw away every month.

The campaigner wandered the streets of Los Angeles, California, the United States and the surrounding cities in a specially designed suit that held all the junk he had produced over 30 days.

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