The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) used a DJCAD exhibition of art made from recycled materials as a venue for the launch of a campaign to tackle the problem of mounting waste across Tayside.
SEPA launched the Tayside Area Waste Plan in the Lower Foyer Gallery, where first year Interior and Environmental Design students were showing ‘Deconstruct Reconstruct’. The aim of the project was to develop their responsibility and responsiveness as designers and to alert them to the potential for recycling and re-appropriation in design. Students looked at waste objects and outmoded designs as a potential resource and to question preconceptions of function and use.
Central to SEPA’s plan is promoting a culture of ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ to the inhabitants of Tayside, as well as increasing the provision of kerbside collection of household waste that can be recycled.
Amongst the supporters of the plan is Dundee City Council’s Neil Glen who is pictured here getting close to one of the Design show’s exhibits.