From Waste we Create: The waste culture and DIY Art Project {Envir- Everyday}

 

The world we inhabit is extremely industrially and technologically advanced. This resulted in a huge amount of waste corresponding with the heavy industrial activities. Of course, the types of waste differ from one activity to another and the industrial processes are all the time up and running. Undoubtedly, there is a waste issue facing negligence.

Cultures deal with waste differently. It all comes down to the definition of waste. In Egypt, there is the habit of keeping the shopping bags for other uses. This might be perceived as recycling culture proactive activity. However, it is a cultural habit since buying plastic bags could be costly, this could serve the purpose without the additional cost. This might be why there is a link between waste and possible money- generating activities. In other communities, you can trade some of your waste and actually get a cash back. In Egypt, there is a great deal related to item repairing and fixing. The life - span of a product includes a lot of repairing and fixing. Therefore, there are also well- skilled blue collar technicians in so many areas.

In this article, I will present a decorative item made from your online shopping packages which could be bought from some stores with actual money.

The project items include: 

- Glue and glue gun if wanted

- a fabric from your choice 

- a carton box ( usually the one coming with your online shopping ) 

The method: 

1- It is as simple as this. You will solidify the cartoon package with glued addition carton layer to all sides. 

2- you will layer the carton package with preferred decorative fabric of your choice. 

Alert: be more cautious and attentive to the glue heat while usage