With the catastrophic oil spill in the golf of Mexico and the Film «Plastic Plant» our dependancy on oil was major this year, which has also inspired many technical solutions and several art projects.
Avoiding plastics Artist Dianna Cohen uses plastic bags to create two and three-dimensional art. But in working with this medium, the realization of the damaging presence plastic has in our world makes it both a tool for activism as well as art. Cohen came up with the idea of taking a ship equipped with a chipping machine and cold-molder to the trash gyre in the Pacific, pull plastic aboard and mold it into bricks to be reused for various purposes. But the idea lead to something even bigger and better. Check out her TED talk on the actions plastic lead her to take in cleaning up the planet.
Design with reused plastics Good.is is a plattform that continuously produces and promotes inspiring Infografics, Videos and produces a Magazine on many topics involving sustainable development. The Video "Sweat The Small Stuff" boils down 8 simple things you can do for a sustainable future. Check out their report on plastics: :: http://www.good.is/tag/plastics/
Recyling plastics In the German version of today's advent calendar we describe a CD-Recycling Project which has finally come to a phase in which grocery stores can easily join in and collect the valuable CDs. These are processed to polycarbon granulate which is used in many plastics. Instead of burning the valuable materials they can be brought back to a "second life". :: to the german Version
