Ruby Re-Usable

Happy Earth Month from Ruby Re-Usable and the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery --- Make Art Not Trash 💚🌎

For Earth Day, art comes full circle with found objects and recycling.

Artist Robert Ebendorf made “Off the Street, On the Beach” using materials that he collected while walking with his daughter around the beach and on the way to school. He then assembled these found pieces of glass, wire, spoons, and plastic into a playful necklace.

Robert Ebendorf, “Off the Street, On the Beach,” 1992, mixed media of found objects, mostly plastic, 1 1⁄2 x 14 1⁄2 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum

Trashtastic mermaid at the International Mermaid Museum 🧜‍♀️🧜‍♂️

John Oliver has an amusing take on trash (but I can't help wanting those baby heads for a trash art project ...)

Trash: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Web Exclusive) John Oliver explores trash and takes care of some unfinished business in the Ohio of Sweden.Connect with Last Week Tonight online... Subscribe to the Last We...

Trash Fashion during Covid: "Violetta Riedel is an artist who recycles vaccine syringe caps into dresses. After working at a vaccination clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic she decided to transform plastic waste from the syringes and their caps into something wearable. From afar, I wouldn't have guessed that these playful dresses were made from medical supplies. I love to see people finding ways to transform trash into something creative." via BoingBoing and our friend Second-hand Sid.

Vaccine Syringe Caps Turned Into Dresses Plastic waste from vaccine syringes has now been turned into fashion. Violetta Riedel worked as an administrative assistant at a vaccination clinic during th...