SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – Andrea Suarez tries to talk a homeless man, 24, out of injecting methamphetamine on March 13, 2022, in Seattle, Washington. Widespread drug addiction is endemic in Seattle’s large homeless community, which the city is currently trying to move out from shared public spaces like sidewalks and parks. Suarez is the executive director of the non-profit We Heart Seattle, which stages trash cleanups, often at Seattle’s many homeless encampments. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – Andrea Suarez dismantles a tent as garbage lies piled at a homeless encampment on March 13, 2022, in Seattle, Washington. The accumulation of garbage at such sites has become a major issue in Seattle as the city tries to move the unhoused out of shared public spaces. Suarez is the executive director of We Heart Seattle, a non-profit that stages trash cleanups across the city. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – A homeless encampment, known informally as “Dope Slope” stands covered in garbage near downtown Seattle on March 11, 2022, in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – People collect garbage from a homeless encampment on March 12, 2022, in Seattle, Washington. The non-profit We Heart Seattle staged the trash cleanup, using volunteers as well as homeless residents of the camp, which they paid with gift cards. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – A homeless woman helps remove trash from an encampment on March 12, 2022, in Seattle, Washington. The non-profit We Heart Seattle staged the trash cleanup, using volunteers as well as homeless residents of the camp, which they paid with gift cards. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – A volunteer collects heroin syringes from a homeless encampment on March 12, 2022, in Seattle, Washington. The non-profit We Heart Seattle staged the trash cleanup, using volunteers as well as homeless residents of the camp, which they paid with gift cards. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
