This year, the notorious weeklong event in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada faced challenges due to heavy rainstorms. The intense showers transformed the desert playa into an impenetrable mass of mud, stranding 74,000 participants with dwindling resources. By last week, the final attendees had been evacuated, and the process of restoring the site had begun.
In adherence to a strict “leave no trace” principle, the festival requires all attendees to carry out their own trash. Even in a typical year, there are still remnants of litter, known in Burning Man terms as “matter out of place” or simply “moop.”
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