Bottles and Phones!

[Yantorsen]

Depicts two million plastic beverage bottles, the number used in the US every five minutes.

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Depicts 426,000 cell phones, equal to the number of cell phones retired in the US every day.

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[fraggle101]

WOW!!!

No wonder were going to hell in a hand cart!!!

 

[chrisgrieve]

wow thats amazing, does everyone in america use the same phone? they all look identical.

 

[traff22]

Thats crazy!! Wonder what actually happens to it all?

 

[Yantorsen]

wow thats amazing, does everyone in america use the same phone? they all look identical.

I think there sorted by type perhaps? I don't know.

 

[whitewash]

must be a **** phone.....

 

[glitch]

There's loads more of the artist's work on his website.

Look under the 'Running the Numbers' gallery for more examples. I'm particularly fond of 'Jet Trails'.