Household waste · Moray, Scotland

Narrating Waste
Uncertainty and
Invisibility

Waste does not disappear when it leaves your hand.

Speak with the people, systems and non-human voicesbehind discarded materials. Their partial perspectives revealhidden labour, uncertain decisions and distributed responsibility.

Meet the voices
Scroll to conversations
01 · Enter the system

Non-Human Voices

Move through the field. Hover to hear a partial perspective.

Discarded materialPlastic BottleI was useful for a very short time. The bin tells me where I was placed, not where I will end up.Start a conversation Discarded materialsPaper StackWe look similar, but dryness, coatings, tape and food residue can send us in different directions.Start a conversation Electronic wasteBroken TabletI appear to be one object, but my glass, battery, data, metals and casing create different responsibilities.Start a conversation Cumulative receiverEnvironmentI receive what remains after the handovers are complete. Leaving human sight is not the same as disappearing.Start a conversation
Continue to human voices
02 · Follow the handovers

Human Voices

Position suggests proximity, not a complete or linear system.

ConsumerEmma ReidI try to dispose of things responsibly, but labels, local rules and daily life do not always agree.Start a conversation Packaging designerDaniel PriceA package must protect a product, travel, sell and comply before anyone asks what happens after use.Start a conversation Reuse organisation workerAisha KhanDonation is not an automatic second life. Someone still has to inspect, clean, test, store or reject it.Start a conversation Moray waste collection workerMark EvansOn Moray collection routes, distance, weather, heavy containers and incorrect sorting become physical work.Start a conversation Moray council workerFiona MacLeodWe publish an intended route, but budgets, contracts and available facilities shape what can be promised.Start a conversation Waste export coordinatorLiam CarterI can trace documents, grades and handovers. My visibility becomes more limited after the contract changes hands.Start a conversation Overseas facility workerRavi KumarRecyclable is a description, not a guaranteed outcome. I see the physical material that arrives.Start a conversation Environmental organisation memberSarah GreenI ask who can verify an outcome, whose labour remains invisible and where responsibility has been displaced.Start a conversation

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Waste in the local conversation.

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