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Waste as Art – Inconvenience Store and more

Inconvenience Store
The explanatory label reads:
Objects found washed up on the beach repackaged in found packaging. Housed in vintage wardrobe free on Gumtree.
Not for sale.   —- Better photo clarity and sign label in MMM publication as noted below …

This work of art was awarded first place in the Waste as Art competition. Concept, design and construction by  Marina DeBris.

The Inconvenience Store was part of a larger display, an activity of the Lake Mac Sustainable Neighbourhood Alliance (SNA). Held over two venues, this one was in the exhibition at Swansea, the other being held at Toronto library.

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Would you sleep on a recycled bed? Australian design could change the way the world sleeps
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-06/sustainability-recyclable-plastic-beds/104680052

Don’t throw lemon peels; try 5 ways to reuse
India Times, Nov 25, 2024

Gift-giver gets creative using toilet paper rolls as DIY present: ‘I loved this idea’
by Talia Resnick. The Cool Down,  May 4, 2024  

How ‘sad’ bananas could help tackle food waste,  The Conversation – sad bananas

Our Disposable Planet: How Trillions Of Tons Of Waste Endangers Us All
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidcarlin/2024/12/06/our-disposable-planet-how-trillions-of-tons-of-waste-endangers-us-all/

We need to ditch plastic lids for the planet,
Adrian Chiles’s plea to bring back plastic lids on yoghurt pots horrifies Stef Kay.  The Guardian

France has snubbed ultra-fast fashion and people are calling for Australia to follow suit
by Fiona Broom,  ABC Rural, 12 June, 2024

   … From MMM Issue #48, Feb-March 2025