recycled plastic

The giant helmet pictured above comprises 3,283 construction helmets, and is officially the world’s second largest sculpture made of recycled materials.
Rafael Melinda, the sculptor, and his team, including students from the University of Huelva (Spain) spent a total of 1,239 hours over three long months working on the project.… Read the rest

In preparation for this summer’s soccer World Cup in South Africa, Nike has developed several national team jerseys that are made from 100 percent recycled plastic. Nike has contracted with fabric suppliers that actually dig discarded plastic bottles out of Taiwanese and Japanese landfills and transform the plastic into perfectly… Read the rest

This is a very cool video on how to make a messenger bag out of fusing old plastic bags together.… Read the rest

Originally published in Wend Volume 3 Issue 1
By Pete Lewis… Read the rest
Last summer, I had the privilege of visiting Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. On a bus journey deep into the desert on the way to Mount Sinai, we drove through a dramatic valley. Peering out of the window of the heavily-air-conditioned