Throughout each year we work with hundreds of volunteers to clear thousands of pounds of littered waste from Mission's streets and waterways. Each clean-up starts very much the same way: volunteers begin arriving, the coffee starts flowing, and we start discussing the task ahead of us. After going over safety and equipment, and after I invariably joke that pickers are not swords or lightsabers (for those wondering), we discuss what counts as garbage. What is garbage? The answ