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An open dump in one of the streets. Children gather in the morning to rummage for plastics, metal and food wastes. Quetta, Pakistan. February 25, 2012.
I got an email on Wednesday from an editor for a local paper. She said they were working on a "big story" and needed some photos to go with it.
The details were vague and I wasn't really sure what I was supposed to shoot until I showed up, but apparently there is a construction company that is dumping some sort of material in Jamaica Plain. She told me that the owners are grumpy so I should stay on public property, but I should also get a shot to contextualize the dumping, showing how it was affecting local homes and businesses.
I stopped by before work, around 7:30 in the morning prepared to be chased away by some Italian-American brute in a hardhat. Fortunately there was nobody there, and it was impossible to get any worthwhile shots from outside so I entered the dump where a section of the corrugated metal wall had fallen over. It was apparent that this company is dumping the debris from ripped up streets and sidewalks here. It was mostly dirt, asphalt, bricks, pavement and the odd street light pole.
This was the first shot I took, which I like more than the others - the mountain of debris gloriously bathed in the morning sunlight. I did however try to get some other buildings in the same frame as the debris as instructed. In order to do so I climbed to the top of one of the mountains of debris and shot in the other direction. I got the ice cream factory (what is a place called where ice cream is made?) and the car wash.
Not sure what the big deal is here. Looked like a legitimate dump, and the area is kind of run down anyway. Not to mention the ice cream and car wash places had nice messes of their own.
Most of all, I enjoyed the ironic "Do Dumping" signage.
The overcast sky and fireworks smoke made this last dump and burn ever (for Riverfire) look like a glowing candle in the sky.
Do you reckon we'll see the F111's do a dump and burn at Indy? I reckon there might be a good chance.
Towards the end of Riverfire I was trying to take shots with people in the foreground with my wideangle, I thought it makes the photos more interesting, might try this next time there is fireworks on.
My daughters dance boots were dumped on the floor after arriving back from a street dance session. I picked them up and did the decent thing. Photographed them!
7 September 2017. Pieces of concrete rubble; plus a bag with garden waste and litter. Dumped in a green area of the Homes for Haringey flats at 93-98 Holcombe Road N17.
First reported to Haringey Council on 16 August 2017 via the free website FixMyStreet.
About Failure Demand
The management writer John Seddon uses the term "failure demand". It describes extra, usually unnecessary, work which is generated because an organisation fails to carry out a task quickly and efficiently.
  Subsequent requests for the work to be done; or completed are likely to increase the costs. Each repeat request generates more work and added expense; Including in simply processing the unmet or incomplete request.
  The minor example above illustrates this. Council contractors visited n the same place twice; one trip entirely unnecessary. Plus further additional work in processinnd recording.
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I've no idea who made this behemoth as there were no badges on it, and it just seems to have been dumped in this field in Rossendale. I wouldn't fancy the job of getting that tyre on again.
Opening of the overflow tunnel (Nevada side) leading overflow water downstream from Hoover Dam. Looks like it would carry a lot of overflow!
My first 3-D cake. I made this for my cousin's son's second birthday. He's really into trucks, and this Wilton's version was perfect.
In 2004 in the Soc Son district of Vietnam, construction began of the Nam Son Waste dump. The Urban Environmental Company was assigned to manage the dumping ground. However, the company failed to comply with conditions and obligations of the manager for solid waste containment and treatment in accordance with the regulations on industrial waste management causing deep discontent among the local people and their appeal against the company.
TAI partners undertook a case study to evaluate how effective the government was providing public access to justice. The findings showed that there have been legal regulations established to support public access to justice but they are not detailed and are incomplete. The capacity of State agencies and juries remained weak, resulting in the people's prolonged suit.