| Trillions of pounds of trash are thrown into landfills every year. The mantra “Reduce Reuse Recycle!” has been thrown around on Earth Day and in science class, but most people don’t truly follow the advice. Thrift stores have become increasingly popular as people scour to find designer brands at a fraction of the cost, but that’s just clothes. Trash includes materials such as metal, plastics, and paper, all materials that can be recycled – or upcycled. For our X-Day, we’re going to the Durham Scrap Exchange, where we will select some discarded items, then make a treasure out of trash.
Photo Credit: a sculpture made from plastic bags in Cornwall, England. https://weburbanist.com/2008/06/04/recycled-art-from-trash/ |
