DAJ / DAJ, Rearview of young woman wearing a mans shirt looking in the refrigerator.
H. Armstrong Roberts / Robertstock, 1950s WOMAN WEARING GINGHAM DRESS AND APRON OPENING REFRIGERATOR DOOR
Ed Kashi, Work crews at the Gentilly Landfill in Slidell, gather and crush for recycling thousands of refrigerators left by Hurricane Katrina. Heavy equipment then takes the emtpy fridge to be crushed and shredded before final disposal. This is a staging ground for white goods, refrigerators, washing machines, stoves, dryers. So far 57 million cubic yards of debris has been collected from the disaster. That is the equivalent of 9000 football fields covered three feet deep with garbage. There are 152,000 refridgerators that have been collected so far. All refrigerants and the frames are recycled.