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480 bottlecaps on canvas, temporary Installation 2019
all materials found on beaches of Mallorca
Capdepera, Mallorca, Isles Baleares
paper Din A3, graphite, mixed media,
Capdepera, Mallorca , Isles Baleares, Spain 2019
detail of artwork
© Leanne Boulton, All Rights Reserved
Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Previously unpublished shot from May 2019.
Reduce, reuse, repurpose. Plastic pollution is not only unsightly, it leaches hazardous and carcinogenic chemicals into our air, water, soil, food and inside of our bodies.
Recycling of plastic is a poor choice. So much that we deposit for recycling simply ends up dumped overseas in poorer nations that are unable to cope with the vast loads themselves. Much of the plastic recycling that does take place causes further microplastic pollution into the atmosphere. We must recycle our plastic but it should be the last resort option.
Microplastics have been found in our lungs, bloodstream, organs and brain. They are in the air we breathe, food we eat and water we drink.
Some plastics are essential, such as in healthcare, but for many applications there are non-plastic alternatives. If you can afford to, and have the option to, consider choosing non-plastic products.
For unavoidable plastics think about how those products can be reused or repurposed after their initial use. Ensure to only reuse 'food safe' plastics for storage and production of food and water.
Reduce the amount of plastic in your life.
Reuse or repurpose the plastic that you do use.
We owe it to ourselves to take care of our one home in the cosmos. Stay safe my Flickr friends.
paper Din A3, graphite, mixed media,
Capdepera, Mallorca, Isles Baleares, Spain 2019
detail of artwork
paper Din A3, graphite, mixed media,
Capdepera, Mallorca, Isles Baleares, Spain 2019
detail of artwork
plasticplanet : all materials are found on beaches of Mallorca
paper Din A3, graphite, mixed media, detail
2019
Capdepera, Mallorca , Isles Baleares
60 papers Din A3, graphite, mixed media,
temporary installation 2019
Capdepera, Mallorca, Isles Baleares
Exactly the way I found it - Plastic Quik Trip cup distracts from the geometric designed wood platform in the downtown park at Douglas and the Arkansas river, Wichita, Kansas. (2016)
They lied to us...for decades - all the developers and manufacturers of plastic - truth only coming out recently. I thought banning straws was dumb until I found out about all the microplastics in bottled water, in our food supply that we are consuming and making us sick... I am suffering from fatty tumors growing all over my body - one of the many side effects of toxic consumption being studied...