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Your Sony camera is made from recycled CDs and water bottles

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It seems to be a bit of a trend these days for companies to show off how “green” they are by telling you how much recycled material they use in their products. While the sentiment is obviously quite admirable, it tends to come off more as marketing than genuine care for the environment. It’s Sony’s turn at the pulpit as they extol the virtues of SORPLAS, Sony’s proprietary recycled plastic formula.

It’s a mix of recycled water bottles and CDs, along with some secret Sony sauce to make it flame resistant, which they’re using in everything from their still and video cameras to smartphones and TVs. Sony says that they’ve used around 379 tonnes of SORPLAS in the past ten years in their photography and video camera production.

Mindboggling Three Story Tall Giant Faucet Leaks Plastic Into The Environment

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Benjamin (Ben) Von Wong is more than a photographer. He’s also an adventurer, a conceptual artist, and an activist who uses his work to raise awareness of many important issues. One of them is certainly plastic waste, and Ben has already reflected on it in his previous projects.

Sadly, with the pandemic, single-use plastic waste has increased by up to 300%. Saying that it’s alarming is an understatement, and as always, Ben wanted to draw our attention to the issue by using photography, a massive installation, and a call to action. And this time, there’s also a contest for you to enter!

Creative photo series highlights the problem of plastic in our environment

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There’s no doubt that the excess use of plastic poses a huge threat to our planet. It harms the health and even lives of all creatures, including us humans. Portuguese photographer António Coelho highlights this burning issue in the best way a creative knows how – through art. His recent photo series are creative and colorful, yet they make you wonder and raise an alarm about the dangers of plastic.

What would plastic waste look as ocean life? This incredible short film will show you

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The problem of plastic in our oceans has been around for a while, and it’s not getting any better. But director and CG artist Pascal Schelbli reimagined plastic waste not as a part of the problem, but as a part of the ecosystem. In his short animated film, The Beauty, he creates an imaginary sea world out of plastic that will make you both amazed and sad.

Lomography launches $40 underwater film camera that you can reuse over and over again

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Lomography has announced Analogue Aqua, a film camera that will capture your underwater adventures. Basically, it’s a revamped version of the company’s Simple Use disposable camera, with an important change that makes it more convenient. In addition to the waterproof housing, you can now also reload the camera when you’re out of film.

Artist creates this shiny “crystal cave” from 18,000 used plastic cups to show how plastic is devastating our planet

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After “parting the sea” with 168,000 used plastic straws, Benjamin Von Wong has created another epic installation. This time, he and his team collected 18,000 plastic cups and turned them into a “crystal cave.” Other than letting you take Instagram-worthy shots inside of it, this “cave” also warns about the excessive use of disposable plastic in our everyday lives.

Photographer “parted the sea” with 168,000 used plastic straws

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Photographer Benjamin Von Wong is known for his ambitious projects which often point to serious environmental issues we’re faced with. In his latest project named Strawpocalypse, his models “parted the sea” made of 168,000 used plastic straws. It took a lot of time and effort to build the installation. But it paid off: Ben took some fantastic images which send a message that we can do something to decrease pollution of the sea with plastic.

This is what dumping a truckload of plastic to the ocean every 60 seconds looks like

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According to statistics, the equivalent of a truckload of plastic is dumped in the ocean every 60 seconds. Sounds kinda scary, right? Since the statistic may be difficult to visualize, Benjamin Von Wong has decided to demonstrate it with a series of photos, hoping to make a change. So, he gathered a team and a truckload of plastic, and created a set of impactful images, along with a project that aims to help decrease the pollution at the source.

More and more people have cosmetic surgery to look like their Snapchat selfies, doctors find

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A recent study has shown that a majority of plastic surgery patients wants to look better in selfies. But it’s not celebrities that serve as models any longer. Nowadays, people want to look like their own Snapchat selfies. Doctors have noticed this trend, and it has been discussed in an article recently published on JAMA Network.

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