1st Trash Fence, Burning Man, 1995

SEP 01 1995 · 12:00

In 1995, the first trash fence was tested at Burning Man. Concieved by Larry Breed (playa name Ember), 75 yards of 24" high orange netting was set up down-wind on the north side of the encampment to catch wind-blown trash. The Black Rock is visible to the right in the background of this photo. Photographed by Michael Mikel, a Burning Man co-founder, from his historic archive of the event. Contributed by the Burning Man historian; used with permission.