Trash-collecting artist rakes in $100K after years of selling cubes of garbage: ‘living character’ of NYC

Source: New York Post

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Justin Gignac has spent more than two decades collecting trash off the streets of the Big Apple, packaging it in small, clear cubes and selling them for up to $100 a pop. New York City Garbage — not to be confused with the city’s Sanitation Department — is a long-term art project that Gignac says chronicles and captures “an actual piece of the city.