Seven Days of Garbage- in pictures

Californian photographer Gregg Segal photographed people of all ages and backgrounds in his garden in three different settings- water, beach and forest, surrounded by a week's worth of their rubbish, in Pasadena, California. the subjects were asked to collect and store their rubbish for a week- including recyclables.

Gregg said: 'some of the subjects edited their garbage, removing the really smelly stuff, while others were faithful to the concept and brought everything- I even found tampons in one subject's garbage and a hypodermic needle in another's'...'I wanted to call attention to how much garbage we produce and do it in a very straight-forward way- I wanted to go for the jugular.'

If you've never thought about how much rubbish you throw away then this is an unforgettable reminder of the amount of waste a human collects in just seven days.

Gregg Segal
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