Get Trashed

Seattle’s Material Recovery Facility (MRF) is a cacophonic, colorful symphony of industry, and it almost never stops—because the trash never stops.by Nathalie GrahamPhotos by Billie Winter
The sweet smell of garbage fills the warehouse, but it only registers in whiffs. A large, green apparatus in the center of the space houses machines that buzz and churn the air, keeping it from getting stagnant. Beyond the green walls, an M.C. Escher-like maze of conveyor belts and stairways moves