{"id":18850,"date":"2015-08-24T11:16:23","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T15:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=18850"},"modified":"2015-08-24T11:17:22","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T15:17:22","slug":"how-to-recycle-plastic-into-paint-south-african-artist-mbongeni-buthelezi-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/how-to-recycle-plastic-into-paint-south-african-artist-mbongeni-buthelezi-video\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Recycle Plastic Into &#8220;Paint&#8221;: South African Artist Mbongeni Buthelezi [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve seen lots of creative uses of waste plastics: from <a href=\"http:\/\/craftingagreenworld.com\/2015\/08\/13\/plastic-bottle-reuses\/\">hydroponic planters<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2015\/06\/how-to-recycle-plastic-bottles-into-a-floating-private-island-video\/\">private floating islands<\/a>. None of these ideas are going to solve the issue of plastic pollution &#8211; there&#8217;s just too much of it &#8211; but each reinforces the notion of reuse rather than &#8220;one and done&#8221; disposal. So, when I saw artist\u00a0Mbongeni Buthelezi&#8217;s story on <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/magazine-34006625\">BBC News<\/a><\/em> this morning, I had to share: this Johannesburg resident has come up with a very creative means to recycle plastic into artwork.<\/p>\n<p>The short version: Buthelezi melts strips of colored plastic from bags and films onto a surface (also made from plastic). But, as you&#8217;ll see in the video above, that totally understates his process of creation. His method also makes art creation widely available &#8211; while not everyone may be able to afford traditional art materials, we can all gather waste plastic.<\/p>\n<p>The only concern I&#8217;d have with this method involves the emissions created by melting the plastic: I&#8217;m guessing they&#8217;re not particularly healthy, and would love to see Buthelezi wearing a mask. His work, though, is stunning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Know of other artists who recycle plastic in a similar manner&#8230; or a completely different one? Point them out to us in the comments&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BywatersUK\/status\/635779993600180224\">@bywatersuk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African artist Mbongeni Buthelezi has developed a method to recycle plastic waste into &#8220;paint&#8221; for his own unique method of expression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":18851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,13],"tags":[3018,8460,8461,8458,523,39,478,217],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Artist Develops Method to Recycle Plastic Into Paint<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"South African artist Mbongeni Buthelezi has developed a method to recycle plastic waste into &quot;paint&quot; for his own unique method of expression.\" \/>\n<meta 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