We say “throw it away” every day. But where is away – and who pays the price for it? In this TEDx talk, Balaji turns waste from numbers and policies into a human story. He weaves childhood memories of racing for water with dismantling a family clock and following garbage trucks, all to reveal what really happens after we let go of our stuff. Along the way we meet Al, the “overachiever” aluminum can; Pet, our complicated plastic partner; and Sara, a waste picker whose life sits inside the system the rest of ...