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Plastic pollution

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“Every bottle counts”

“Every bottle counts”

Advertising Agency: Spillmann/Felser/Leo Burnett, Zurich, Switzerland
Executive Creative Director: Martin Spillmann
Creative Directors: Dan Strasser, Patrick Suter
Copywriters: Patrick Suter, Reto Vogler
Art Directors: Dan Strasser, Roland Buob
Art Buyer: Anna Colby
Account: Rebecca Krausse, Stefanie Brauchli, Flurin Hardt
Photographers: Metz + Racine
Published: June 2011

Christmas Tree Made from 40,000 Recycled Plastic Bottles

For the third consecutive year, the city of Kaunas in Lithuania approached artist Jolanta Šmidtienė to assist with their annual holiday decorating. The author of idea, saying that she wanted to show how it is important to be different each year, show to everyone that each of us can make something beautiful from useless things. The result is an enormous 13-meter tall Christmas tree made from nearly 40,000 recycled green bottles and zip ties. At night the tree is lit from the inside resulting in a glowing, translucent, emerald green spruce that’s making headlines across the country.

Via: lrytas.lt

Giant Fish Sculptures Made from Discarded Plastic Bottles

An art installation on Botafogo Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil shows three gigantic fishes made from discarded plastic bottles. The slogan on a sign beside the installation loosely translates to, “recycle your attitude”. The sculptures were created to raise awareness for the recently completed United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, dubbed Rio+20

At the Rio+20 Conference, world leaders, along with thousands of participants from governments, the private sector, NGOs and other groups, came together to try and shape how we can reduce poverty, advance social equity and ensure environmental protection on an ever more crowded planet to get to the future we want.

The seven priority areas reviewed were: Jobs, Energy, Cities, Food, Water, Oceans and Disasters. For more information and a complete summary of the conference visit the official site at: http://www.uncsd2012.org

Photograph by Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters (via hungeree.com)

Christmas tree

Christmas tree made with 1750 plastic bottles which has been erected in the square in Niscemi, in Sicily! A smart and ecological idea ! Photo by Giulia Cilio. For more info visit Lipuniscemi.

Photo by Giulia Cilio