Free dumping
Thursday, November 22, 2007Weekly Compactor
Saturday, November 17, 2007
This week in trash news:
- Connecticut trashdaddy convicted of racketeering;
- The government of Uganda and the World Bank invest in manure;
- Uncollected trash threatens health in Barisal, Pakistan;
- Fox News discovers the potential of trash to create energy;
- Scientitsts zap trash into small pellets and fuel (pictured).
Photo via Marketplace.
Rubbish Collectors
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Rubbish collectors
Just clicked through this BBC photo essay (scroll down and look for “night shift, sorting London’s rubbish”) following two men working for a commercial waste hauler as they make their way through the streets of London. Photographer Emma Lynch captures the surreal side of the graveyard shift. Don’t miss the captions!
Vintage Grouch
Thursday, November 8, 2007Before Oscar was green and Gordon was bald, there was music.
The Garbage Cage
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
I came across this review of a new documentary on Palestinian trash pickers today. Yet another example of how trash explains the world (in this case class, conflict and social status). I’m not sure if this is screening or airing anywhere soon, all I found was the purchase info (and limited info at that). Let me know if you hear anything!
Vehicular Trash
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
This and other stunning shots of vehicle gaveyards can be found in this compilation post over at deputy dog.
Last Night’s Garbage
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
People! How is it that the Star Tribune found out about a new trash photoblog before me? Looks like I and my tipsters have been dropping the ball. Good thing my mother lives in Minneapolis.
Photo from Last Night’s Garbage
Zen Trash Squad
Monday, November 5, 2007Check out this post on “Zen and the Art of Dumpster Diving” from the nytimes.com blog, Dot Earth. Apparently dumpster diving is an honored tradition among monks in Michigan. Not surprising when one considers the age-old world of trash pickers and Buddhist disdain for waste.
Unflattering photo caught by Geoff Kroepel for the Environment Report, reposted here via Dot Earth. (Why that guy needs a back brace to scoop a parka from the trash is anyone’s guess. Perhaps it’s all part of the meditation and center-searching. I was kind of hoping for trash slings fashioned from saffron-colored robes.)
Laongo, Burkina Faso
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Elmina, Ghana
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Paris, France
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Swipe Your Heals Three Times…
Friday, November 2, 2007
Check out these inspired, trashy costumes from the NYC Halloween Parade. Here’s a note on the artist from Dorothy:
The artist, Andy Padre, creates Metrocard art for a variety of events each year. Last year’s Halloween parade was a Metrocard wedding party (search flickr for those tags and pictures come up), we were sea creatures in the Mermaid Parade, and he also creates Metrocard Easter bonnets for the Easter Parade. Andy’s work has been featured in Metro newspaper and yesterday on Good Day NY. This year he used over 5000 Metrocards and over 20,000 staples!
Dump to theme park
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
In what is becoming a more and more common urban planning move, Tel Aviv is turning a former dump into a park. Interestingly, they aren’t hiding the trashy past of the space, but rather celebrating it in recycling-themed sculptures. Interesting stuff. Thanks for the link, Alina! And thanks to everyone out there for bearing with me through this most recent and most lengthy trash hiatus. I took a couple trashy photos in West Africa, which I hope to share soon but was otherwise preoccupied by the demands of the day job, absorbing the wonders of new cultures and fighting off various parasites. It’s good to be home!
Photo by Isabel Kershner via nytimes.com
Hometown Trash
Wednesday, October 17, 2007Oh my trashies, if only Internet access in Ouagadougou weren’t so precarious this week I would take my time to delve into wonky depths of NYC trash wars. Alas, I must use this precious online access to send reports back to the day job. Lucky for you, Gotham Gazette knows their trash!
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