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The recycling plant

On a particularly dull and grey December day, I walked around one of Stockholm's recycling plants, where all different kind of scrap and refuse is meticulously sorted. Unusable combustable stuff is put together and shredded to be used as fuel in power generation plants. It is somewhat uplifting that only a fraction of the remains of the modern society ends up in the landfill.

Whithout having passed any signs of "No trespassing", I was finally confronted to local workers on the plant. It was somewhat difficult to explain what and why I was photographing – just plain rubbish...? After having failed to give a plausible explanation of my reason (at least in a way that made sense to them), I was forced to leave...
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Escalator motor
Escalator motor
Compost
Compost
End of campaign?
End of campaign?
Combustables
Combustables
Unsorted stuff
Unsorted stuff
Rug?
Rug?
Santa Claus
Santa Claus
Kitchen equipment
Kitchen equipment
Wire spaghetti
Wire spaghetti
Cast iron
Cast iron
Rust
Rust
Ready to burn
Ready to burn
Network error
Network error
Refrigerator pipes
Refrigerator pipes
Pile of sinks
Pile of sinks
Pump motor
Pump motor
Crushed loo
Crushed loo
Steel
Steel
Shredder input
Shredder input
Shredder output
Shredder output
Mostly metal
Mostly metal
Stainless
Stainless
Reinforced plaster
Reinforced plaster
Lonely pipe
Lonely pipe
Cable mess
Cable mess
Ceramics
Ceramics