A messy demolition site filled with various building waste. At the back is a Waste Management bin filled with rubbish.
A waste truck and mobile recycling unit parked on a street. The area has been cordoned off with cones.
A photograph of the former sites of several houses on Bangor Street. The houses were demolished after the land was zoned Red. A stake has been placed in the ground to the left. A message written on the stake reads, "412 Oxford Terrace waste water". Grass has begun to grow in the empty sites.
Several people run, leap, cycle and walk the dog through an area piled high with waste material. Context: Bottle Lake Forest Park has tracks and trails which include mountain-bike tracks, horse-trekking trails and walking tracks. After being established as a temporary dump after the February 22 earthquake the government intend to use special powers to turn part of Bottle Lake Forest Park into a permanent dump.
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A man reads a newspaper report about dung beetles being imported to process organic waste. In the second frame someone in one of a row of three portaloos wonders whether dung beetles would be better at it than the Council. Refers to the need for portaloos in the Canterbury region after the 4th September earthquake that damaged much plumbing infrastructure.
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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Gareth James, general manager of the South Island Transpacific Waste Management. Spoiled food being dumped at the Parkhouse Road transfer station".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. Prime Minister John Key visits a waste water plant near Bromley".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mark Christison, CCC's Water and Waste Unit Manager, in the earthquake-damaged water pumping station on the corner of New Brighton Road and Palmers Road".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mark Christison, CCC's Water and Waste Unit Manager, in the earthquake-damaged water pumping station on the corner of New Brighton Road and Palmers Road".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mark Christison, CCC's Water and Waste Unit Manager, in the earthquake-damaged water pumping station on the corner of New Brighton Road and Palmers Road".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Acland Ave and other nearby residents upset about houses that are green stickered being unliveable. They cannot access any relief funds. Council water and waste manager Mark Christison talks to residents".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. Prime Minister John Key visits a waste water plant near Bromley. Ian Wishart and Gerry Brownlee in the background".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. Prime Minister John Key visits a waste water plant near Aranui. Pictured with Christchurch mayor Bob Parker and his wife Jo Nichols-Parker".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. Prime Minister John Key visits a waste water plant near Bromley. Water lab technician Asli Carol and her son Alexander meet the Prime Minister".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch begins the slow recovery process after last weeks devastating 7.1 earthquake. Prime Minister John Key visits a waste water plant near Aranui. Pictured with Christchurch mayor Bob Parker and his wife Jo Nichols-Parker".
Pipes lead into a shipping container. The photographer comments, "In Christchurch containers are so very versatile: They are used as barricades, supports, homes, shops, art galleries, artworks, Malls, pubs and bars, Thai takeaways and now sewage works".
The temporary (10 years?) and cheap ($4-6 million) Anglican Cathedral being built a few hundred meters away from the old stone structure that was the centre of Christchurch. Both buildings (the original and this) have caused a lot of controversy, many wanting the old stone one to be repaired (the church want to demolish it), and this as a waste ...