Comments on: Chris Jordan photographs American mass consumption

By: Carlos

Carlos — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:49:00 +0000

The fact that almost all of the things he took pictures of were sorted (the cell phones, the circuit boards) means that at least some of the components are going to be recycled. Nobody’s going to separate out all the cell phones from a trash stream just so they can make a “cell phone pile” at the landfill. Theyre doing it because they can make money by recycling something from that cell phone (my guess is either the batteries or the plastic).

The “e-bank” picture is what real trash looks like, just a big pile of random crap.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:49:00 +0000

The “e-bank” picture is what real trash looks like, just a big pile of random crap.

By: Emlyn A

Emlyn A — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:04:00 +0000

OK, so that takes care of the cars and casings. Now what about the other 98% of waste? Is the Pacific “plastic continent” not provocative enough?

By: ZavGom

ZavGom — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 18:44:47 +0000

Unas fotos bien pajas, se ven interesantes, sobre todo la de los celulares (primera foto) .. cool man !!

By: Gofer

Gofer — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:55:17 +0000

For those of you that don’t know, in the US, at least 65% of “waste” steel is recycled. Additionally, the spent casings are probably brass, approximately 90% of brass is recycled. Seeing steel and brass the piles means that it is already in the recycling stream. Not very provocative when you know the facts, is it?

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By: load shedding

load shedding — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:51:19 +0000

I think it’s telling that they cited homeland security as a reason why piles of trash shouldn’t be photographed. Perhaps the real threat is that people will start consuming more mindfully

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By: solar

solar — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:04:39 +0000

Great stuff, but why do these kinds of things always have to specify “America”? It’s not like Europeans and Canadians are much different. This is a human problem above all. The British don’t recycle at all – they ship all of their recycling to China where it is disposed of in the worst ways possible.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:51:35 +0000

I’m shocked at how little mention there has been of overpopulation in these comments. So far I’ve only dim conservative promotion of the value of family and children. Population growth should be at the forefront of any discussion about consumption or ecological concerns. There are many good solutions to the problem of garbage, the unmanagable scale of it is the real issue.