Let’s talk about turning trash into art for a cleaner world.
Starting Saturday, more than a dozen art installations of aquatic animals - created from plastic debris recovered from the ocean - will go on display at the Tennessee Aquarium here in downtown Chattanooga.
Artists at Washed Ashore - a nonprofit based in Oregon - crafted the
colorful artwork to raise awareness of how plastic pollution threatens aquatic life on this planet.
I spoke with Brad Parks of Washed Ashore - and Thom Benson of the Tennessee Aquarium.
![From “Washed Ashore”](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/68083dd/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1334+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0a%2F2b%2F3978f7fa44e5ac1ee8fde22059a6%2Fwashedashore-b.jpg)
The Tennessee Aquarium
![From “Washed Ashore”](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/16e4cc5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1334+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2c%2Ff8%2F01e6e4a646409270899b7f31a141%2Fwashedashore-c.jpg)
The Tennessee Aquarium
![From “Washed Ashore”](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b4b0ac6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1334+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F57%2F97%2F06fadd5b45ae94901f99856681ae%2Fwashedashore-d.jpg)
The Tennessee Aquarium