Whales sculpture is made of willow and 70,000 plastic bottles to highlight threat of plastic pullution to world’s oceans
Made from willow harvested in Somerset, the six-tonne sculpture depicts a blue whale and a humpback whale swimming through an 'ocean' of 70,000 plastic bottles, collected from the Bristol Half Marathon and Bristol 10k race.
The artwork, named The Bristol Whales, aims to highlight the threat to the world's fragile oceans from plastic pollution, particularly plastic bags and food and drink packaging.
Globally, eight million tonnes of plastic ends up in oceans each year, equivalent to the body weight of 45,000 blue whales.
Sculpture of two life size whales made from willow and 70,000 plastic bottles, which has been unveiled to mark the city's status as the UK's first European Green Capital.
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