Philippine artist fights waste by using recycled trash in paintings

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The Filipino artist gives old waste new life by incorporating shredded plastic to old paint and leftover construction wood in his paintings.

When Filipino artist Gilbert Angeles found out that his country was one of the world's biggest contributors of plastic trash in the ocean he felt compelled to take action.

Filipino artist Gilbert Angeles works on a painting using expired paint and shredded plastic wrappers, at his studio in Plaridel, Bulacan province, Philippines, February 8, 2021. Picture taken February 8, 2021. Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters Angeles remembers being spurred on to take up the project after seeing a news report about the Philippines being one of the top contributors of plastic waste.

The Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and China account for around 60% of the world's marine plastic, or 8 million tons annually, according to a 2017 report from the Ocean Conservancy and the McKinsey Center for Business and Environment.

 

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