WASTE PROJECT
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The waste project will consist of 4 to 6 weeks of collecting trash from an apartment complex. The point of this Waste Project is to see how much recycled material we throw away instead of recycling it and using it again. I will go threw the trash collected and separate out the recyclable material into piles from the waste. I’m using an apartment complex for the reason it gives us a group of all different people. This project is not to separate any one person out but as people in general. Also this project is to make us aware of how much trash we actually do throw away. We never really know how much trash we actually throw away because it is always taken away from our eyes. It’s collected and piled into a huge pile that doesn’t go away but just gets bigger. This project isn’t to point the finger but just to make us a little more aware of our waste and to try to maybe make a little less waste by recycling.
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WEEK 2 – started to collect trash from apartment complex. Collected 12 bags basically filled my car and there was still trash at apt. complex. I basically condensed down the waste to three bags all the rest was some kind of recyclable material. I could have probably got it down to even two bags but there was just some trash I was unwilling to go through. Things of interest I found Dildo 2 bowls with weed still packed in pipe Several art supplies |
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3 – Again back to apartment complex to collect trash.
The trash pile at the complex wasn’t as big as last week. I filled
my car with trash again and took it to the gallery for sorting. I got
about 10 bags of trash this week. When I got to the gallery the gallery
is starting to smell like trash. I think I need more deodorizer and freshener.
I’m a little worried project might get shut down due to smell. After
sorting the trash I condensed 10 bags of trash to 2 bags of waste. As
of right now I’ve taken 22 bags of trash and made 5 bags of waste
and all the rest of the trash is all some kind of recycling material.
There is still a lot of recycled material that did get thrown away because
it was just too nasty to go through or just beyond any help of recycling
or it has already started to take its course. Things of interest I found A you’re a good man Charlie Brown Opera CD A over abundant amount of lingerie A stack of 10 porno magazines And what I feared 1 used syringe |
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4 – Back to apartment complex to collect trash again.
This week I got about 11 bags of trash out of the trash pile. I left some
furniture, carpet, and one pretty smelly bag that just smelled like death.
Oh and I left about 4 bags of kitty litter. No sense going through that.
I did get the smell in the gallery pretty under control. I got some deodorizers
and taped off the vents to keep the smell from blowing around the gallery.
There is still some talk it might get shut down but I at least hope to
do the project for one more week. I’ll keep you informed on this.
As of right now I’ve got trash to go through. Wow I’ve got
11 bags of trash down to three bags of waste. That’s now 33 bags
of trash condensed down to 8 bags of waste and 25 bags of recyclable material.
I know that I could have it down to less but because of the paper products
being wet or plastered with food or other indescribable things it’s
just not in any kind of recyclable condition. I’m sort of bummed
I couldn’t get more recycled material out of this batch. But I got
to keep the gallery in good condition and keep it sanitary. Things I found of interest Tommy the Who album God please save me book A strand of X-Mass lights A magazine of Pete Rose breaking 3000 hits |
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| WEEK5
– Back at it again. I arrived at the apartment complex and there
was again more trash then I could take. My car holds about 13 bags of
trash. I left one computer and two bags of trash which the animals had
gotten to. I also left some dog poo, cat litter bags, and some other furniture
as well. Other then that, I did get just about everything else from the
apartment complex. So I now have collected 13 bags of trash this week
that makes 46 bags of trash in total. Well see how much waste to recyclable
material there is this week. Well I condensed down 13 bags of trash to
3 bags of waste and all the rest was some kind of recycling material.
That’s 46 bags of trash taken and gone through and out of it I only
have 11 bags of waste and all the rest of it was recyclable. That’s
35 bags that could have been recycled or should I say is going to be recycled.
This is the final week of the waste project and it will be on display
at the Art Academy of Cincinnati in the basement gallery. It will only
be up for display Monday February 11 threw Thursday February 14 due to
smell. Things of interest I found 2 more dildos 1 pocket pussy 4 more porn magazines 1 bottle of insulin And one whole trash bag of used Kleenex |
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THE CONCLUSION – basically even though the waste project is over. The real battle has just begun. You can continue the waste project by yourselves or have me continue it for you. The waste project was meant for us to open our eyes up and look at our waste a little differently. I hope that this project made you think about what you can do if you choose to accept this project. I choose to continue this waste project at other people’s houses and to create an art piece to document this project. The waste project was not meant to point fingers but to get people more involved with this ongoing problem that disappears every week. The problem doesn’t disappear it just grows somewhere else. It might not be in your front yard but it is in your world. |
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