Waste materials are abundantly available because of the way in which we consume. ‘Strangers in a Strange Land’ offers a way to reassess the value of these materials so as to understand just how much we value their inherent possibilities.… Read more ›
Debbie Millman designs packaging. Sometimes she comes across her own work abandoned in the streets. No matter when it happens, it stops me in my tracks. I could be rushing to work, racing through an airport, or out for a night on the town,… Read more ›
We recently found out about the project RCRA matters and looking into their analysis of hazardous waste. Please also take a second to sign their petition The EPA classifies Hazardous Waste in two ways: The first is “Characteristic Waste”. This means that… Read more ›
Unravel | Worn Clothing – Anthropologies of Reuse and Recycling ‘Unravel follows the Western worlds least wanted clothes, on a journey across Northern India, from sea to industrial interior. They get sent to Panipat, a sleepy town and the only place… Read more ›
Plastic shopping bags are a recent invention only and have only been in use since the 1970′s; yet plastic bags are the most prominent source of plastic debris found in the ocean today less than 40 years later. Disposable bags… Read more ›
How long does it take a plastic bag to break down or a glass bottle to decompose? What about a milk carton or a Styrofoam cup? Sources for rates of decomposition of litter (trash) on the web give you… Read more ›
