This is an ongoing community collaboration in the works for the Quad-State region of West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania is already getting the attention of citizens from as far away as California. This project started with just a seed of an idea and is starting to blossom. While growing, it is uniting people, inspiring them, and collectively we are doing something positive for the environment by saving the non-recyclable lids from going into the landfills. The project is also educating the community on the power of art and the imagination and collaboratively we are creating works of beauty for the community in which we live.
This project is intended to become a national program that will be promoted via the TACNET.
So WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIDS?If your answer is: “Throwing them away” then you are not alone, so are most Americans.Why? Because the lids are made of a different type of plastic than most bottles and therefore are not recycled. With millions of lids alone being dumped into landfills it is important that we think of ways to use these nonbiodegradable items.
The Arts Collaborative, and artist David Heatwole invite you to save the lids!The outcome will be a mural or series of murals all made of up-cycled plastic lids. The resulting look will have the look of a mozaic. And who knows what else will develop out of the process of making this work of art.
