WASTE AND RUBBISH

Isn’t it astonishing, in this technologically advanced age, that so many can waste so much, while others still scrape a living off the scraps? It’s one thing for artists to create from scrap, quite another that for many, scouring refuse is a matter of survival. As a cinematic setting maybe not sexy, but rubbish is a political issue. I’ve included Once upon a Time in America for one memorable scene involving trash.