The ART of Recycling

摘要

The business of 3Rs can be a dry and repetitive litany of paper, bottles and cans, reduced and diverted. While we are always comforted to know that our enviro-friendly bathroom tissue is saving virgin forests, it doesn't stir the imagination or delight the eye. In my role of delivering the Ontario Waste Minimization Awards for the past eight years, I've sifted through hundreds of documents that record the accomplishments of many organizations bent on being better stewards. However, it was only in 2008, when a serendipitous encounter introduced me to the artistic take on waste and recycling, that I realized garbage could be reborn, remodeled, rejuvenated into beauty and functionality.