Dealing with ISS trash

> It seems to me that the ISS could just use a trash compactor then shoot the
> packages into the atmosphere to burn up WITHOUT wasting the spacecraft,

Might be a good first-use verification of mass-driver technology.

Ive often wondered if one couldnt use a tether to lower the trash and then release. On release, the station would get a slight orbital boost, so itd be a win-win.

Regards,

Mike Combs