Recycled Art Project (20 Time Post 2)
A couple weeks ago, I came across an article revealing that over 10 billion cans have been wasted since the 1970's; rather than recycling cans, most individuals are simply throwing away cans in the trash and causes "cumulative environmental damages" due to the "failure to recycle this metal". Prior to reading this article, I never thought in depth of the importance of recycling aluminum cans due to the large exposure of the importance of recycling water bottles; this provided me with an idea to reduce the amount of aluminum waste by using aluminum cans to create an art project.
This week, I decided to utilize aluminum cans, bottle caps, and hot glue to create a train figurine. While I was pretty happy with the end result, there were a few setbacks during this process. Due to the absence of an xacto knife, I ended up having to utilize a pair of scissors to cut the cans into various pieces; while this worked effectively, it was a rather time-consuming process. In the near future, I intend on either investing in an xacto knife or using other recycled materials to create a project.
A couple weeks ago, I came across an article revealing that over 10 billion cans have been wasted since the 1970's; rather than recycling cans, most individuals are simply throwing away cans in the trash and causes "cumulative environmental damages" due to the "failure to recycle this metal". Prior to reading this article, I never thought in depth of the importance of recycling aluminum cans due to the large exposure of the importance of recycling water bottles; this provided me with an idea to reduce the amount of aluminum waste by using aluminum cans to create an art project.
This week, I decided to utilize aluminum cans, bottle caps, and hot glue to create a train figurine. While I was pretty happy with the end result, there were a few setbacks during this process. Due to the absence of an xacto knife, I ended up having to utilize a pair of scissors to cut the cans into various pieces; while this worked effectively, it was a rather time-consuming process. In the near future, I intend on either investing in an xacto knife or using other recycled materials to create a project.
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I love your idea! It might help if you could research more on how the different chemicals affect the environment and people and maybe that will help encourage people to leave less aluminum in the environment.
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