An upcoming art exhibit is as much about making art from trash as it is about thinking about the things we throw away without a thought.
In the Portland area, that's about 1 million tons a year sent to landfills, as a visit to the Metro Transfer station on Northwest 61st Avenue can attest.
“We needed a different way to communicate the issues about waste, so we decided to use artists as ambassadors,” said Amy Wilson, program manager for the GLEAN art project administered by Metro, Recology and Crackedpots. “Not only to make beautiful things from the waste but try to explain to the public that it's a less than ideal system.”
Watch the segment on KATU's website