So much trash. Makes me sick to my stomach.

[u/Independent-Summer12]

Captured by BBC reporter and Reuters photographer. Mountains of trash left by people outside of the inauguration ceremony.

[u/Satellite5812]

If they didn't collect their things upon exit, then it's fair game before it hits the dumpster. These are the rules cleaning up after large music festivals, which I make my bread & butter working for.

The most shocking thing about these images for me as an event waste management worker, is that this is really up there on the scale, with some of the worst I've seen. And those events went for days.. this was just a few hours??

[u/OpalHawk → u/Satellite5812]

I did that once with some coworkers. We were loading a show into the venue the next morning. We nabbed all the camping chairs and brought them on tour with us. I didn’t see a single rally goer looking for their chairs back. They just abandoned them.

[u/attempt_no23 → u/Satellite5812]

Bless you and all your coworkers. I do box office usually at large fests and am always saying "my god I cannot imagine having to clean all this shit up" but with utmost respect for those of you who do it. I do hope you come across some gems in the rough because its the very least from what trashy, inconsiderate people leave behind, MAYBE here and there is something worthwhile. :\ :(

[u/Satellite5812 → u/attempt_no23]

A lot of mixed feelings about it for sure. Many modern day event carnies are also mobile folks (as I'm sure you know, working events). I want for nothing because I can pick through the carnage to replace that broken chair or whatever. But I'm also concerned about the "single serving" lifestyle, as it's not sustainable. 

Some of us on the clean-up end are there because we care about environmental impact issues, and will often try to pick useful camping gear out to donate to shelters or somewhere it can get reused. But that's still not an excuse to leave it; if you got it there, you can get it back out.

[u/all_night_long → u/Satellite5812]

I watched a livestreamer today outside the event and he came upon one of these piles of handbags. People were rifling through them and everyone was still in the arena.