MAKING A MUSEUM: Materializing Regimes of Value with the NYC Department of Sanitation

I notice that the tone with regards to trash disposal is quite different in this article than it is in the book "Rubbish!". Specifically, I've been impressed with how level-headed and calm the authors of Rubbish! are -- and their position makes sense. In short, of course humans have been creating trash for a long time and to expect humans to suddenly stop, or to now panic about its disposal is unreasonable. Sure there may be problems, but with careful planning, they can be worked through. In marked contrast, the blog article on NYT seems very alarmist. And everyone in this article seems to be against both landfills and incineration. At one point, there's the quote: "Ms. Warren, an activist with Sustainable South Bronx who has worked to oppose incineration plants in New York City since 1980, and who helped close Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island, insisted that incinerators were not a viable alternative." But if she's against landfills *and* incineration, what, pray tell, does she expect New Yorkers to do with their garbage? I'm not saying that either landfills or incinerators are good, or that there might not be a viable alternative, but it seems to me that if she's opposed to both, she ought have some alternative in mind. Otherwise, she's railing against a problem without having any solution. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding the situation?