Mounds of debris fill a waste collection point in New Orleans one year after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. (Photo: Alex Brandon/Associated Press)

Can't get my head around this photo...

The mind boggles at such an immense pile of rubbish!!!

First, the scale of destroyed goods brings home Katrina's immense power.

But there’s also the fundamental, inescapable point: look at how much garbage our society produces! Jaysus, are we totally insane?!

And this photo is from just one city! Multiply that times the number of cities in the US, not to mention the rest of the developed world.

There’s no way such a level of consumption and waste is sustainable.

Photo from The Boston Globe.