Museum Of Plastic Waste Sculptures To Be Built Near Bengaluru

Bengaluru (12/12/IANS) Karnataka is set to house an exhibit of plastic waste sculptures near Bengaluru’s beautiful holiday spot of Nandi Hills, soon to sensibilise the public, it was revealed on Sunday.
Apresh Mishra (founder, The Hyphen) stated that “our aim is to use arts to sensibilize people about the ill effects of plastic waste and encourage other to take up similar initiatives for recycling of waste and protect our environment in any possible way.” IANS.

He said that the winning sculptures would eventually be displayed in the museum for plastic waste sculptures located near Nandi Hills.This popular weekend getaway is near Bengaluru.

Basavaraj Bommai, Karnataka’s Chief Minister, and Dr Rajiv Kumar Vice Chairman of NITIAayog had launched Friday the Fellowship.

This fellowship encourages young artists to make sculptures out of plastic waste.

The 12th CSR Leadership Summit hosted the launch.

Among others, distinguished guests included Biocon Executive Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar Shaw and Accel Partners Partner Prashant Prakash as well as Additional Chief Secretary Dr Shalini Rajneesh.

The Fellowship will invite entries from various young artists.25 of the best will be chosen by an elite jury.They will mentor them over several weeks and create sculptures that are life-sized from recycled plastic.