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April 26, 2019

Designers turn plastic trash into treasures

AP Photo/Luca Bruno [enlarge]
Italian gallerist Rossana Orlandi sits on Spanish designer Nacho Carbonell’s chair "Re-evolution," made with recycled plastic from packaging for the “RO Plastic — Master’s Pieces” exhibition, on the sidelines of Milan’s Furniture Fair in Italy.

MILAN (AP) — Scientists and environmentalists have long warned about the dangers of plastic pollution, especially now that plastic trash of all types is choking the world's rivers and oceans. High-end designers have responded by “upcycling” discarded objects into unique, desirable design pieces.


 
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