by: Izabela Zago and Alessandra

Today are wasted, on average, more than a pound of trash per person. Besides that, our country doesn’t have an effective selective collection, so the trash doesn’t have a correct destination and it’s often crammed into landfills. These dumps can create jobs, but they generate more disadvantages, such as stink and diseases for people who live around.

A simple and alternative form of recycle the garbage is turning it in art. In Brazil, the handicrafts is not very practiced, or at least not in our way of living, but is a very interesting way to get rid of waste, causing it to turn an art object for the home, or it can be the source of income for many people. In addition to saving the environment, they are easy objects to make.

We can make beautiful things, useful and easy with something like plastic bottles…