Ocean Sole turns millions of discarded flip-flops into art pieces and other useful products in an effort to promote ocean conservation and reuse beach pollution from along the East African coast. See how these Kenyan flip flop artists collect, wash, sort, cut, glue, carve, and sand this waste material into colorful lions, elephants, whales, giraffes, pandas, dinosaurs and other animalsβand how smaller pieces are used for beads and kids’ playground paddingβin this BBC video. Updated video.
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Next: Washed Ashore, giant animal sculptures made of found beach plastic and Chie Hitotsuyamaβs recycled newspaper animal sculptures.Curated, kid-friendly, independently-published. Support this mission by becoming a sustaining member today.