via core77:
Paul Clark's design is the result of a 'Waste Aware Project' with Gray's School of Art students undertake in their second year. The aim of the project is to give an otherwise considered waste product or material a second life by applying it to a different use.
Paul's design for a birdhouse utilises the core function of the plant pot (to aid the growth of a living organism) and applies it to a different context. (Paul Clark's blog)
Paul describes his approach as "I decided to take on the challenge of the humble garden plant pot because it is a mass produced item which contributes massively to the amount of waste materials that end up in landfill sites."
The UK alone produces 500 million plant pots every year - it's no surprise that millions of these pots end up in landfill sites around the country. As they are made from plastic - they remain in landfills for hundreds of years.
The project is run jointly between Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen, Scotland & Creative Waste Exchange, a local waste redistribution initiative housing stock materials and products donated by businesses and householders which would otherwise have gone to landfill.
