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Daily Circuit Blog
Tom Weber

Best way to use a paper towel, and other garbage-cutting tips

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I'm excited to interview Edward Humes on Friday about his new book "Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash." (Pun alert: Kerri will be away, so we're trashing the show)

You'll never think of garbage the same way again!

How do you cut your trash? Share your ideas in the comments section below.

To whet your appetite, here's a tip Humes himself tweeted this week - a link to a Ted talk about using fewer paper towels:

Want to save a half billion pounds of wasted paper towels? See this Joe Smith video on how to use a paper towel on.ted.com/CAKa #TED

-- Edward Humes (@edwardhumes) May 15, 2012