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DRACKNER, Mickael. What is waste ? to whom ? An anthropological perspective on garbage. in Waste Management and Research, June 2003, vol.25, n&#176;3175-181     What is waste? To whom? - An anthropological perspective on garbage explores the fact that what constitutes waste is a  highly subjective notion. In Tacna, Peru,the place from where this article draws its  empirical material, waste is not only seen as a risk to  public health and the environment. Some find it is a mere aesthetic inconvenience, for others it is the only  source of income.   Yet another way of  perceiving waste is as a social contagion, in which the negative qualities of garbage are transmitted to surrounding  people in the eyes of others. Such perceptions of  waste, it is argued, are important parts of local waste management systems, and the understanding of such  perceptions might increase the effectiveness of  waste management campaigns.   More information ... 