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The idea of trash was actually one of the first issued that got me interested in anarchism and ecology. A big part of my "anarchism" was exploring the question of how to not produce trash and i think has been one of the main things that led me to anti-civ anarchism, since civilization has this wasteful component. The anti-chamber from Baedan is a great example. But if the goal is to no longer produce trash (or anything else) I do think that leaves still the huge hurdle of what all the trash the civilized has already produced means for those who seek to exit civilization. Micro plastics in water for example represent a huge hurdle where without the filtration systems of civilization there's a huge question of do natural filtration systems affect these plastics and to what extent? I don't know the answer myself but these sorts of problems of trash represent in a way how anti-civ politics are not just about escaping civ, but dealing with its consequences. And in many ways I think the consequences if civilization are showing more and more the absolute bleakness of any sort of life with civilization, not just in the future but the here and now.