SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Parks full of plastic leftovers have popped up all over the Bay Area, like Presidio Heights Playground in San Francisco, where dropping off used toys has become a simple ...

An Environmentalist, Doyinsola Ogunye stands in front of a heap of footwear picked from the shore at the beach in Lagos LAGOS (Reuters) - The sight of discarded plastic bottles and bags floating in ...

Mourners gather around the coffin at a performance of artist Anne-Katrin Spiess' "Death by Plastic" in front of South Station. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) Environmental activists gathered in front of South ...

While other artists might use watercolors or oil paints, Mbongeni Buthelezi uses waste plastics to create highly textured portraits at his studio in Booysens, Johannesburg. His medium is the plastic ...

Jeannine Dostal made her career out of being an artist. She calls her recent piece her most important work yet. Jeannine Dostal made her career out of being an artist. She calls her recent piece her ...

Pam Longobardi, commission for the cover of ‘Sierra’ magazine (2014) (all images courtesy the artist) Plastic has become a material of unique conceptual and physical importance to our society, and the ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A grocery store featuring thousands of faux food items made entirely from discarded plastic bags opens Tuesday to the public, an artist’s non-edible creation calling attention to ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A grocery store featuring thousands of faux food items made entirely from discarded plastic bags is now open to the public, an artist’s nonedible creation calling attention to the ...

Three years ago, creator Burls Art released a video documenting the building of his first guitar, which featured a body made from 1,200 colored pencils. The video went viral and more impressive builds ...