Most of us don’t think about trash once it leaves the curb.

But where does it actually go? Who decides what gets recycled, buried, or burned? And how do those decisions affect public health and the environment?

I’m Shreya, a senior studying Public Health Science at the University of Maryland. I’ve become increasingly interested in how waste management systems, recycling programs, and landfill policies shape environmental outcomes in communities.

Outside of school, I’m also a very proud older sister to twin brothers who just turned one, which constantly reminds me that the environmental policies we create today will shape the world they grow up in.

Through this blog, I’ll be exploring the systems behind our trash ,from recycling myths to landfill policy ,and asking what smarter, healthier waste systems might look like.

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