“Message in a Bottle,” a pop-up art exhibition in San Francisco, focuses on plastic pollution in our oceans. Participating artists Judith Selby Lang and Richard Lang are PPC artist allies.

“Message in a Bottle,” a pop-up art exhibition in San Francisco, focuses on plastic pollution in our oceans. 

Participating artists Judith Selby Lang and Richard Lang are PPC artist allies.

Dirty Beach UK, a Brighton-based collaboration between artists Lou McCurdy and Chloe Hanks, developed a pop-up, touring “supermarket” that stocks only “locally-sourced” plastic items recovered from beaches. “We like to create popular, provocative and...

Dirty Beach UK, a Brighton-based collaboration between artists Lou McCurdy and Chloe Hanks, developed a pop-up, touring “supermarket” that stocks only “locally-sourced” plastic items recovered from beaches.

“We like to create popular, provocative and witty work that focuses on the social and environmental challenges of plastics and throwaway culture.”

The installation is a humorous and provocative piece of art with a good helping of science and ecology.

Dirty Beach UK is a PPC member organization.

Artist and PPC contributor Jo Atherton reports on the origin of the pink detergent bottles that washed ashore in her native Cornwall last week. “The bleach solution poses little threat to wildlife, but of greater concern are the bottles themselves.”

Artist and PPC contributor Jo Atherton reports on the origin of the pink detergent bottles that washed ashore in her native Cornwall last week. “The bleach solution poses little threat to wildlife, but of greater concern are the bottles themselves.”