field notebook / object afterlife
recycle.reviews
A quiet ledger of what happens after “done”: bottles, cartons, phones, cans, and the reviews left in their wake.
trace 41%
focus reveals: label glue clouds the stream
material path / reuse → downcycle → landfill
chapter glass / translucent evidence
the bottle remembers the sink
Glass reviews arrive cool and pale. The best notes are humble: rinse marks, cap status, neighborhood sort habits, and whether the promise of endless return stayed intact.
“Washed once. Accepted without argument. Came back as a jar-colored rumor.”
chapter paper / fiber audit
carton edges, softened by weather
A review of paper is a review of touch: deckled corners, tape scars, damp corners, and the small brown dignity of becoming pulp again.
chapter plastic / where trust frays
amber claims under a loupe
Plastic ratings begin as soft stars because certainty rarely survives sorting. Hover the pigment: the claim sharpens, and the review becomes less cheerful, more useful.
“The package said curbside. The facility note said no local buyer.”
final ledger / quiet loop
many small marks become a public memory
Reviews do not solve the stream. They make it legible: one object, one material code, one honest afterlife at a time.
143 marks
not a dashboard, a page that keeps remembering