Tag Archives: garbage

Shopping Bag Waste Basket

January 22, 2012 @ 9:04 pm

This is a neat conversation piece to have around the house.

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Making art out of found plastic on the beach

January 2, 2012 @ 11:12 pm

Richard Lang and Judith Selby Lang recover plastic toys and objects from a beach in Northern California and take it all home to clean and make new art out of it. The couple is using the art to make people … Continue reading →

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The hanging sanitation truck

August 21, 2011 @ 8:42 pm

Photo: Rob Bennett for The Wall Street Journal Remember that sanitation truck that smashed through the wall like the Kool-Aid man? Well, here’s a much better photo of it. Something about this photo is just so funny. The people walking … Continue reading →

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Trash Lovers video

February 13, 2011 @ 1:32 pm

Trash Lovers put out this video showing them writing beautiful script on garbage on the street and also making signs for their own collection. Reminds me of SURE explaining his writing style.

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Chasing Sanitation: an effort to photograph the people behind NYC’s Sanitation Department

February 11, 2011 @ 9:48 pm

Photo: Liz Ligon for Chasing Sanitation To women from Brooklyn — writer Lisa Dowda and photographer Liz Ligon — are trying to document the men and women behind New York City’s Sanitation Department. The two women have so far been … Continue reading →

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Garbage pile saves man who tried to commit suicide in Midtown

January 2, 2011 @ 10:09 pm

I can’t even make up my own headline. This is a true news story that came out today. If you’re wondering why there was a pile of trash there, it’s because NYC hasn’t had much garbage collection since the huge … Continue reading →

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