Trash! : A Garbageman's Story.

A Montreal garbageman's sharp and funny memoir/expose, in which he attempts to convince people to "stop imagining that your garbage magically disappears" . . .This fascinating no-bullshit account of twenty years in waste management paints a vivid portrait of the heroic labor, anarchic spirit, and violent conditions of the people who keep our cities clean.Pare-Pouparts story is atypical: he started working as a garbageman to pay for school, and af...