We’re reprising a sculpture activity from last year that combines art and zero waste to continue to raise awareness about ubiquitous materials in our household trash that are not recyclable. This year, we’re focusing on black plastics: food containers, utensils, seedling pots and trays, shampoo bottles, etc.
Participate in this art activity by saving your black plastic waste items and adding them to the sculpture on the front lawn of the Munroe Center for the Arts (1403 Massachusetts Ave).
These black plastics may be labeled #1, #2, or #5 plastic––which are technically recyclable––but due to their black pigment, the optical scanners at the recycling facilities are unable to detect and sort them to be recycled. Instead they end up as “residue” and get treated as trash.
Let’s come together as a community to create and celebrate art while raising awareness about non-recyclable materials in our daily lives.
Community Art as Advocacy: Let’s Rethink Black Plastics
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Posted: May 2, 2022 by Janet Kern
Did you know that black plastic is not recyclable?
LexZeroWaste and the Munroe Center for the Arts are collaborating again for Earth Day 2022.
We’re reprising a sculpture activity from last year that combines art and zero waste to continue to raise awareness about ubiquitous materials in our household trash that are not recyclable. This year, we’re focusing on black plastics: food containers, utensils, seedling pots and trays, shampoo bottles, etc.
These black plastics may be labeled #1, #2, or #5 plastic––which are technically recyclable––but due to their black pigment, the optical scanners at the recycling facilities are unable to detect and sort them to be recycled. Instead they end up as “residue” and get treated as trash.
Let’s come together as a community to create and celebrate art while raising awareness about non-recyclable materials in our daily lives.
What Else Is Not Recyclable?
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