An artist in Toronto-Montreal is taking a big mission to raise people’s awareness of plastic pollution.

He has invited volunteers to build large-scale installations about 10 meters high. But despite its large size, sadly, there is no shortage of materials for the sculpture-it is made of garbage.

“We are building a three-story art installation with plastic flowing in it and a huge faucet on it,” Benjamin Von Wong, the artist behind the installation, told CTV News. “The idea is to tell people that we need to turn off the plastic faucet.”

This latest project is part of Von Wong’s quest to help people rethink habits that have plagued the ocean for many years.

Plastic pollution has been a problem for decades. Just last month, the Hawaiian Islands carried out a three-week cleanup-surrounded by the so-called “Pacific Garbage Ground”-which produced about 47 tons of garbage.

“About 80,000 pounds are made up entirely of ghost nets and discarded fishing nets, while about 14,000 are made of ocean plastic that we pull from the shoreline,” said Kevin O’Brien of Papah?naumoku?kea Ocean Garbage Project )explain.

This huge plastic pollution can cause fatal harm to wild animals and plants, and severely damage our environment.

Von Wong is committed to raising awareness of this issue. His past projects include mermaids struggling in a sea of ??plastic and swimmers splashing from 170,000 plastic straws.

Von Wong said: “I think that with art, you have the opportunity to invite new friends to an ancient conversation.”

This time, a small group of volunteers signed an agreement to sort plastic and assemble the waste stream.

One of the volunteers, Isabelle Racine, said she wanted to help because the project was in line with her beliefs.

She told CTV News: “I think this is very important.” “Such a project is very important to show people […] A large amount of plastic is produced. “

The giant faucet from which the garbage will flow is made of a scavenging vent.

“We design it [using] GAUFAB is a manufacturing company that assists in the construction of creative installations, his Jeremy Lizandier (Jeremy Lizandier) told CTV News. “We found them in an old factory that was going to be scrapped. We saved these pipes from the waste dump to build this faucet.”

When completed, the sculpture will look like a huge floating faucet, spraying out garbage.

The photo next month will make it immortal, so even if it must be dismantled and installed, the image will continue to exist, reminding us of our plastic output.

Excerpted from Alexandra May Jones’ document