SimonePierotti Archive

Throwing away things conceived as useless is daily occurrence in New Yorker’s lives.
On the other side of the trashcan a world of workers has to deal with the consequences of this consumption and generation of garbage every day.
After the closure of Fresh Kill’s landfill in 2001 the city faced the challenge of reinventing the way to manage garbage. The department of sanitation (DSNY) is overwhelmed by the volume of garbage that comes from the city. Many private corporations have stepped in to meet the demand for garbage collection and processing.
As a result, garbage management is done by a collection of small patchwork companies with little central oversight for ensure safety standards.