GARBAGE AS ART.(News)

From: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) | Date: October 28, 2006 | Copyright information

Rotting garbage piled along the curbside, decades-old furniture decaying in the rain, discarded cigarette butts everywhere you look -- New York City can be a filthy place.

To many, it's a disgusting downside of living here. But to Justin Gignac, it's treasure.

The 26-year-old spends his evenings collecting garbage, neatly packing the refuse into clear plastic cubes and selling them on his Web site for $50.

If the idea of displaying trash seems repulsive, consider this: He has sold more than 800 and the cubes are in 41 states and 20 countries. "If the city ever gets ...

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