Everyone's Trash: One Man Against 1.6 Billion Pounds with Duncan Watson In-Person
Every day, each person in the United States generates an average of five pounds of waste. This adds up to 1.6 billion pounds of trash daily, and every bit of it has a story. Join storyteller and seasoned waste management professional Duncan Watson for a hilarious and heartwarming discussion on waste disposal in the U.S. that will wake you up and give you hope.
- Date:
- Wednesday, July 16, 2025
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 7:15pm
- Location:
- Theater
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Author Talks Book Discussion Learning and Creating
About the Author: Duncan Watson began his personal trash journey in his pre-teens as an attendant at a small municipal recycling center in Northern California. He has been running the City of Keene’s solid waste program for 33 years and has brought national attention to the program for solid waste disposal that Keene, NH, has built.
He is also a yoga teacher, dog lover, and he visits Comic Cons all over the country, as he was a voice actor of Charlie Brown in three movies in his youth; “Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown”, “You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown”, and “Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown.”
Duncan has an MS in Resource Management from Antioch New England University.