A new building has sprouted in Albury’s QEII Square, one that combines architecture, art and a tangible message about rubbish.
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Once you are inside you really see the gravity of the amount of plastic waste that we're producing
- Raffaello Rosselli
Plastic Palace is a six metre tall installation made from 20 tonnes of plastic collected over four weeks at the Albury Waste Management Centre.
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Created by architect Raffaello Rosselli, the artwork presents a neat house-like exterior but within there are layers and layers of plastic bales bound together.
“It’s made up predominantly of toys, outdoor furniture, boxes, crates,” Rosselli said.
“Once you are inside you really see the gravity of the amount of plastic waste that we’re producing and it really challenges us to think what can we do with this plastic, how can we reuse it?”
Albury mayor Kevin Mack said Plastic Palace would remain in place for three months and then repurposed elsewhere in Albury.
“There’s quite a bit of fun in there too because it’s a lot cooler in there than it is outside,” he said.
“It’s all about educating our community about what happens to their waste and why we should recycle.
“If we’re able to recycle it more efficiently we could build the buildings of tomorrow with that material, the roads of tomorrow.”
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