Waking up to Garbage: December 18

December 18, 2001 — 7:20am

On a morning this serene, the whole world seems to open up and breathe easier. It's an effort to remember that I'm basically standing on the garbage dump of a major city. The bay looks so natural—almost pristine.

Only the steady stream of trucks departing from the Sanitary Fill transfer processing station immediately to the west offers a visual indication of the true nature of this place.

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Photos Marijke Rijsberman, 2001

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