Project
Fine Art
Project
Plastic PPE Pollution
Entrapment, C-type print on birch block, 29.7 x 42 cm, 2021
Nearly 26,000 tons of pandemic-related plastic is already in the oceans.
Choking, C-type print on birch block, 59.4 x 42 cm, 2022
As of March 2022, 70 animals have been sighted entangled, trapped or having ingested plastic PPE.
Deadly, C-type print on birch block, 21 x 29.7 cm, 2022
Millions of animals are killed by plastic each year.
Plastic PPE Pollution

Bou-Gharios’ Plastic PPE Pollution project highlights the current issue of the mass utilisation of single-use plastics during the Covid-19 pandemic. Plastic pandemic-related waste has significantly exacerbated the existing worldwide plastic pollution crisis. The aim of this project is to raise awareness of the new adverse effects that plastic PPE is having on wildlife, and ultimately us.

She has used actual plastic PPE to visually showcase these issues, as well as dead animals, such as trout, hake, octopus, and pheasant as materials in her work. These have either been used as subjects within photographs or preserved in a sculpture.

Bou-Gharios’ Plastic PPE Pollution project highlights the current issue of the mass utilisation of single-use plastics during the Covid-19 pandemic. Plastic pandemic-related waste has significantly exacerbated the existing worldwide plastic pollution crisis. The aim of this project is to raise awareness of the new adverse effects that plastic PPE is having on wildlife, and ultimately us.

She has used actual plastic PPE to visually showcase these issues, as well as dead animals, such as trout, hake, octopus, and pheasant as materials in her work. These have either been used as subjects within photographs or preserved in a sculpture.