Local artist and activist Kim Thomas collects plastic waste and transforms it into art — her diverse artistic practice ranges from sculpture and printmaking to video and performance-based art. Despite ...

Ann Arbor, Mich. — A traveling art installation and immersive film experience, The Plastic Bag Store is using a sense of humor to tell a unique interactive story about the amount of plastic waste ...

Ricky Boscarino started creating art out of recycled plastic around eight years ago, which he says changed his view on how plastics are used daily. Plastic waste can be diverted from landfills in many ...

It took almost two months for Megan and her friends to collect plastic from residents and create the eco-bricks themselves. Once enough bricks were made, they constructed a planter, which now stands ...

Three years ago, creator Burls Art released a video documenting the building of his first guitar, which featured a body made from 1,200 colored pencils. The video went viral and more impressive builds ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A grocery store featuring thousands of faux food items made entirely from discarded plastic bags opens Tuesday to the public, an artist’s non-edible creation calling attention to ...

Part-artist and part-activist, Canadian Benjamin Von Wong launched a campaign to bring attention to the plastic pollution problem. The result is a three-story installation of plastic pouring from a ...

A temporary art exhibition designed to highlight plastic waste in the seas is to open this week. A Plastic Ocean, on show at the former Dog House bar on Hamilton’s Front Street, will feature works ...

Brazilian artist Eduardo Srur reproduces works by renowned masters without using a drop of paint – just recycled shreds of plastic picked up from city streets and rivers. For his latest exhibition, he ...