[Link] Tents, alcohol, food: towns complain of trash left by Burning Man attendees

Read: 8/9/2022 www.theguardian.com

Burning Man has become known for wild outfits, utopian philosophy, rich techies and celebrity attendees and, increasingly, frustrated locals in nearby towns.

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[Link] Australia’s hard rubbish heroes risk council fines to recycle and re-home their kerbside plunder

Read: 7/2/2022 www.theguardian.com

An abandoned sound system left outside a club. A giant paper elephant 2m long and 1m high. A group of puppets, waiting to be liberated. Annual kerbside cleanup days are, for some, akin to Christmas – a holy time for up-cyclers and “waste warriors” to forage the streets for a speck of gold.

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[Link] This couple is living the Aussie road trip dream — with a troopy and 60,000 kilograms of rubbish

Read: 20/7/2021 www.abc.net.au

Five years ago, as a 20-year-old carpenter, Boe Langford broke his back. His dream of road tripping through the outback in his troop carrier, motorbike in tow, hung in the balance.

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