Rome, Italy. 12th Apr, 2014. The italian artist Cristina Finucci, set a 30 meters (100 feet) long wave of PET recycling flakes in MAXXI museum. Near the wave the exhibition with te possibility to symbolically adopt one of the plastic objects floating in the sea, or ask for the citizenship of the Garbage Patch State. Between the oceans and the Mediterranean, were formed five artificial islands of plastic garbage abandoned by humans, covering a total area of 16 million square kilometers. As the United States and Brazil combined. Credit: Francesco Gustincich/Alamy Live News


Rome, Italy - The italian artist Cristina Finucci,, set a 30 meters (100 feet) long wave of PET recycling flakes in MAXXI museum. Near the wave the exhibition with te possibility to symbolically adopt one of the plastic objects floating in the sea, or ask for the citizenship of the Garbage Patch State. Between the oceans and the Mediterranean, were formed five artificial islands of plastic garbage abandoned by humans, covering a total area of 16 million square kilometers. As the United States and Brazil combined. To bring the world's attention on the problem was founded Garbage Patch State, the state which, with a provocation, brings together the five islands of waste.


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Location: Rome, Italy, MAXXI museum via Guido Reni
Photo credit: © Francesco Gustincich / Alamy / Afripics
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