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Plastic: A Cheap Luxury?

photo of various plastic bottles and tuperware
  • Exhibit
Futurecade, Millennium Gallery

Is plastic rubbish? Despite its reputation, plastics have a number of valuable properties that make them instrumental in day-to-day life. The Many Happy Returns project team, and Gina Allen, artist, have created a mixed media exhibition that questions our view of plastic. Is it a mere waste material or can new relationships with plastic lead to more beneficial environmental outcomes?

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With Support From

  • Maryam Hoseini
  • Clare Faulkner
  • Stefanie Hills
  • Sarah Greenwood
  • Harriet Baird
  • Saima Eman
  • Paul Mattinson
  • The Many Happy Returns project team

Many Happy Returns is a research project funded by the Smart Sustainable Plastics Packaging Challenge (SSPP), delivered via the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).