{"id":5450,"date":"2008-12-24T02:00:56","date_gmt":"2008-12-24T07:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/?p=5450"},"modified":"2010-12-02T05:18:17","modified_gmt":"2010-12-02T10:18:17","slug":"burtynsky-waste-and-recycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2008\/12\/24\/burtynsky-waste-and-recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Burtynsky: Waste and Recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2008\/12\/21\/burtynsky-resource-extraction\/\" target=\"_self\">a previous post<\/a>, I shared some photographs by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edwardburtynsky.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Edward Burtynsky<\/a>\u00a0of oil fields and mines.\u00a0 Burtynsky takes pictures\u00a0with an eye towards the modern global economy.\u00a0This set documents massive piles of waste sorted for recycling:<\/p>\n<p>Three pictures of the Oxford tire pile in Westley, California (1999):<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/12\/oxford_tire_pile_09a.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5455\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/12\/oxford_tire_pile_09a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/12\/oxford_tire_pile_05.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5454\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/12\/oxford_tire_pile_05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/12\/oxford_tire_pile_01.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5453\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/12\/oxford_tire_pile_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"352\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Densified Oil Drums in Hamilton, Ontario (1997):<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/12\/densified_oil_drums_04.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5456\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/12\/densified_oil_drums_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"345\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Metal for recycling in Hamilton, Ontario (1997):<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/12\/ferrous_bushling_17.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5452\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/12\/ferrous_bushling_17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"345\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Metal for recycling in Hamilton, Ontario (1997):<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/12\/ferrous_bushling_09.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5451\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/12\/ferrous_bushling_09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"352\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/12\/chna_rec_12_04.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/12\/chna_rec_09_04.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>Plastic toy parts in Guiyu, Guangdong Province (2004):<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/12\/chna_rec_08_04.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-8\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5477\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/12\/chna_rec_08_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"352\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/12\/chna_rec_12_041.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-9\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>Circuit boards in Guiyu, Guangdong Province (2004):<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/12\/chna_rec_09_041.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-10\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5480\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/12\/chna_rec_09_041.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"352\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recycling work station (I believe the worker is taking apart computers) in Zenguo, Zhejiang Province (2004):<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5481\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2008\/12\/chna_rec_12_041.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"352\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a previous post, I shared some photographs by Edward Burtynsky\u00a0of oil fields and mines.\u00a0 Burtynsky takes pictures\u00a0with an eye towards the modern global economy.\u00a0This set documents massive piles of waste sorted for recycling: Three pictures of the Oxford tire pile in Westley, California (1999): Densified Oil Drums in Hamilton, Ontario (1997): Metal for recycling 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