Plastic Waste
Watch This Innovative Record Player Create Music From Plastic Waste
What’s the legacy humans are leaving behind? It was precisely that profound question which the design team of Ujoo + Limheeyoung began to consider when crafting “Song From Plastic,” a device capable of playing back makeshift records inscribed into discarded pieces of plastic. “After tens of thousands of years have passed, the sound of an extinct existence comes from plastic fossils discovered by future intelligent life,” the duo writes. Though it’s an unsettling, big picture view of humanity’s legacy, “Song From Plastic” is also a reminder of what makes humanity special. In contrast to the shallow plastic “fossils” we are leaving behind, the artists sought to outfit the discarded waste with ordinary everyday sounds and...
Sri Lanka launches probe after burning ship pollutes beaches
Sri Lanka launched a criminal probe on Sunday into a huge container ship fire that has swamped the island nation’s coast with plastic pollution causing probably one of its worst marine disasters in history. Tonnes of microplastic granules have inundated the South Asian country’s famed beaches in Negombo, a popular tourist destination, forcing a fishing ban and prompting fears of ecological damage. The Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl has been smoldering on the horizon for 11 days after a blaze broke out as it was heading to Colombo from the Indian state of Gujarat. The 25-member crew, who have already been evacuated from the ship, will be questioned on Monday after a complaint was lodged by Sri Lanka’s Marine Environment Protection Authority, police said. Last week, authorities said t...
Lagos Assembly urges governor to probe highway workers protests
The Lagos House of Assembly has urged Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to investigate the recent protest by street sweepers engaged by Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) over non-payment of their salaries. The resolution followed a motion, entitled; “Need to Enhance Waste Management In Lagos State,” moved by Mr Desmond Elliot (Surulere Constituency I) during plenary on Monday. Newsmen report that highway workers had on June 23 embarked on protest over non-payment of their three-month salaries. The sweepers also took to social media to express their grievance. In a video posted on Twitter, the sweepers were seen removing their uniforms and dumping them on the floor, which formed a huge pile. Elliot said the House condemned those behind the videos that went viral on the issue of non-payme...
