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HOW MUCH DO WE THROW AWAY?
The average American generates about 4.6 pounds of trash per day.
The United States generates about 230 million tons of trash per year.
Less than 25 percent of trash is recycled.
More than 70 percent of trash could be recycled.
Source: www.learner.org
look. O'Connor also made a bunch of scarves out of similar materials, mixing and matching the colors and patterns for drama. The scarves cost between $7 to$ 15 at Ecoboutiquo. He also plans to add skirts made out of recycled T-shirts, as well as modified T-shirts and sweatshirts to his collection by spring.
makes his bags, which cost here from $10 to$ 40, out of red fabric he finds in dumpsters thrift stores. O'Conner applies as to his bags, including skull-and-ponies (probably the most popular), als such as octopuses, unicorns elephants and ice cream, rockets tars, made out of other fabrics for d zing. Unlike traditional appliqué, inner doesn't do the zigzag stitch le the fray because it looks cool, /s.
also recently began making a lot of traditional stocking caps that between $7 to$ 20." I lose hats and I hate buying them," he says. So hide a few for himself and decide like a bunch to sell. He creates the from "out-of-style sweaters that they would wear anymore." Like lapees on his handbags, he leaves ends unfinished, creating a worn
If you're wary about wearing clothing found in a dumpster, O'Conner is reassuring: He washes everything he makes, and if it's really gross, he doesn't mess with it. "All it is recycling," he says. "If you see something in a dumpster that you want, you should grab it. It's our duty as human beings."
Suzanne Perry
Self-described eco-artist Suzanne Perry doesn't go dumpster diving to find the materials she uses to make her glass block
lamps — she goes to the University of Kansas library, where she used to work. Perry uses recycled plastic book jackets for the surface design on her lampshades. "Instead of being thrown away, I use them,"she says.
She draws and transfers her original sketches to the glass blocks themselves (exactly how she does it is her secret). The base is made up of recycled steel wire made from crushed cars, which is a way to get steel without mining ore, she says. Designs on the lamps range from martins to the Eiffel tower and prices range from $40 to$ 60, depending on where you buy it. She's even licensed to create Jayhawk lamps, because she attended KU more than 30 years ago to get a master's in French and never left Lawrence.
She got the idea for the lamps after she figured out how to separate the plastic from discarded book jackets
when making paper bead earrings and necklaces out of them. Now her idea is trademarked and she sells them to national catalogs, including Femail Creations, a catalog of artwork by women, and After 5 Catalog, a barware catalog.
Although the lamps used to be more educational before recycling became more common, she says, she's just really happy that people like what she makes. Even the former governor of Missouri's wife liked her lamps so much she custom-ordered one for the governor's mansion.
Try this on for size
On Tuesday head to Ecoboutiquo's new location, 13 E. Eighth St., to see the eco-friendly items these artists have crafted. "Who says recycling can't be fashionable and sexy," Loni Hosking says.
NOT JUST LOCAL
Found objects are one of the things that inspired artist Larry Krone, whose art has been shown at the Whitney Museum at Philip Morris in New York, to make art.
He made "More Love Hours (No Charge)" from old clothes that were damaged or torn. "I took out the good parts and put it back together," he says. He also creates art out of booze bottles left from him drinking (especially Jack Daniels) or found in recycling bins, by etching words inside the glass.
He's happy his art doesn't contribute to the unnecessary waste in this country, he says.
PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONS/JACKIE CREMER
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