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Canadian artist Von Wong has created a huge plastic sculpture made from reclaimed plastic, including
168,037 straws. The sculpture was used to raise awareness about single-use plastic pollution and the
impact it’s having on the world’s oceans, with scientists predicting there will be more plastic than fish in
the sea by 2050. Von Wong (Canada) and Zero Waste Saigon (Vietnam) organised the attempt in Ho Chi
Minh City, Vietnam, on 22 January 2019 for the Largest drinking straw sculpture (supported). The attempt
was also sponsored in part by Starbucks, who installed used straw collection bins at a number of their
stores in Vietnam. Over the course of 6 months, straws were collected from Starbucks and clean-up groups
organized by Zero Waste Saigon across Vietnam. The sculpture measures 3.3 m tall, 8 m long and 4.5 m
wide. It depicts a parting plastic sea which people can walk through, and the installation included the
hashtag #strawpocalypse.
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