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Workers sorting through massive piles of colorful plastic bottles and containers at a recycling sorting facility

Camilla Rutherford, Photographer, Auckland

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This documentary photograph by Camilla Rutherford captures workers sorting through massive piles of discarded colorful plastic bottles, jugs, and containers at an outdoor recycling facility. Several individuals are actively working amidst heaps of sorted white, yellow, pink, and green plastic containers, filling baskets on the ground. Natural daylight illuminates the busy sorting area, highlighting the staggering volume of waste and the manual labor involved in recycling operations. The composition emphasizes the expansive mounds of plastic refuse surrounding the workers in an industrial setting.

Keywords

workers sorting plastic bottlessorting plastic bottlesplastic bottlesrecycling facilityplastic waste

Styles

DocumentaryHorizontalDesaturated

Techniques

Analogue / filmNatural light

Industries

Public Awareness

Background

Construction Site

Context

Documentary
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