Despite the increasing accumulation of plastic in our oceans and food chains, ‘throwing stuff away’ is so tied to notions of order and cleanliness that any deviation is pathologised as ‘hoarding’ and as such provides a ready spectacle to a reality television programming devoted to the ‘ill-managed’ lives of those who hoard or clutter. Outside of the DSM and beyond the small screen, the issue of waste and the practices and processes of dispossession are less visible. As researchers in ethical consumption, we, the Principal Investigators of this bid, are critically aware that scholarly attention to the cycles of consumption overwhelmingly privileges chains of production and the behaviours and practices of acquisition. We contend that the politics of waste and dispossession are less well attended to but absolutely vital to understanding the rhythms and logics of consumption itself. This understanding is necessary if production and consumption are to be reimagined in more sustainable ways. In this intensive research period, we wish to extend the concerns of sustainability and social justice, which underpin the politics of ethical consumption, to those of waste and dispossession. We believe that an ethics of disposal can be fully formed by bringing disparate developments in a number of academic fields into critical dialogue with activists and grassroots organisations. Our proposal is to bring some of these voices into the critical production of a manifesto of ethical dispossession. The manifesto will include principles for a research agenda, for theory making, political engagement and for the processes of production. The manifesto will be disseminated across social network sites in PDF and film mediums.