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Do you have any idea what it’s like trying to breathe with a plastic bag over your head? Dr. Luisa Delgado in the TV series, Strong Medicine

waltwang08 — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:08:19 +0000

Humanity’s plastic footprint is probably more dangerous than its carbon footprint ~ Anna Cummins

waltwang08 — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:49:58 +0000

Made from 12,500 plastic bottles, David de Rothschild’s, Plastiki, has successfully crossed the Pacific ocean after 130 days at sea. The journey – meant to help lessen our plastic imprint on the world’s oceans – began in San Francisco three months ago and ended today, 8000 miles later, in Sydney, Australia. You can read all about it at theplastiki.com. While you’re at it, sign a pledge to beat waste.

Photo credit: Plastiki

The biggest difference between time and space is that you can’t reuse time ~ Merrick Furst

waltwang08 — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:36:55 +0000

Reusable tulle produce bags, originally uploaded by lovestitches

If you’re a frequent visitor to this site, you know that plastic bags are the bane of our collective existence. And you know you should bring your own shopping bags to the grocery store. But what about those little plastic bags in the produce department? Refuse/Re-use. You can buy reusable produce bags online at places like reusablebags.com or you can even learn to make your own at motherearthnews.com.

Kids, always recycle – to the extreme ~ Itchy and Scratchy, The Simpsons

waltwang08 — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:34:13 +0000

Superuse is an online community of designers, architects and others who’re interested in inventive ways of recycling, from bottle-cap festooned guitars to tables made of discarded cassette tapes. At Superuse, everything old is new again.

As a robot living among humans, I’ve never really felt accepted at parties or nude beaches ~ Bender, a robot in the TV series, Futurama

waltwang08 — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:56:53 +0000

Built by Japan’s Eagar Co., Ltd., D+ropop* is the world’s most ecologically friendly robot. Made from recycled materials (primarily corrugated cardboard), D+ropop is relatively inexpensive (a little over $5000 USD), light in weight, and performs a variety of customizable routines in its role as a robotic store mannequin.

* ‘D’ as in D-type cardboard; ‘ro’ as in robot; ‘pop’ as in point-of-purchase.

Hat Tip: .plasticpals

Brick, My sweet Brick. Brick, come hug me! I know you want to ~ Ron Burgundy in The Legend of Ron Burgundy

waltwang08 — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:38:52 +0000

Designed by Jin-young Yoon and Jeongwoong Kwon, the Save Water Brick is designed to be manufactured from recycled plastic and decomposed leaves. Its built-in grooves collect water and channel it for gardening, storage, and a variety of other purposes.

HAT TIP: yankodesign.com

Oh my stars and garters! ~ Dr. Hank McCoy in X-Men: Mutant Academy

waltwang08 — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:37:50 +0000

Throwing garters is a tradition that goes back to the Dark Ages. Fortunately, it can be carried on responsibly (but as rowdy as you like) with an environmentally-friendly garter created with ribbon woven from yarn made of 100% post consumer polyester that comes entirely from recycled plastic bottles. You can purchase yours at green-wedding.net.

I wish someone would twist that old bag's head off ~ Night Court

waltwang08 — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:44:22 +0000

THIS FRIDAY’S FOCUS is PLASTIC BAGS.

Plastic bag floating in ocean, originally uploaded by Bag Monster

Every year over 1 million marine mammals, reptiles, and birds die because of plastic bags. Animals become entangled in them and routinely ingest them – in which case, they become lodged in the digestive tract. What’s more, as discarded bags slowly decompose they absorb toxic chemicals such as PCBs and DDE; so when they’re ingested, animals and fish are also high doses of deadly synthetic compounds.

Hat Tip://pollution control

I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself ~ Michel de Montaigne

waltwang08 — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:30:34 +0000

The plastic bag monster (a.k.a. a passionately creative high school student from Santa Monica) testifies at a 2008 Santa Monica city council meeting.

Great art picks up where nature ends ~ Marc Chagall

waltwang08 — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:22:14 +0000

mystery mandala 300dpi, originally uploaded by fleckosian

Artist Virginia Fleck creates stunning mandalas created from used plastic bags. A mandala is a universal, non-religious tool for meditation typically composed of highly decorative, symmetrical patterns. According to the artist: “The imagery on each plastic bag is designed by advertisers to cause instant association with worldly acquisitions. My choice of media, plastic bags, imbues my seemingly irreverent mandalas with a contemporary narrative that allows me to analyze the activity of consumerism as a spiritual encounter.” Visit virginiafleck.com/ to see more.

Plastic bags have also become the primary material for Dianna Cohen’s wall pieces and installations.

The artist – a co-founder of Plastic Pollution Coalition – describes her work this way: “Cut like paper, sewn like fabric, these constructions have been presented as flat art (framed or mounted) with crumpled and shiny surfaces that are dulled by dirt and time: un-useful pieces of their former selves.”

You can see more at her online gallery: www.diannacohen.com.