Sentence examples for of discarded material from inspiring English sources

John Tierney's suggestion that the city should stop free trash pickup and charge citizens by bag or per pound of discarded material is compelling, but it overlooks something: illegal dumping (Big City column, April 16).

Among the events on 23 November will be a "summit", from which delegates will be invited to speak: Smith said he intended to construct this literal mound from bits of discarded material from the streets of Scarborough.

Beauty in the Rubble Recology's unique artist-in-residency program provides studio space and a stipend of $1,000 a month to "scavenger artists" who create work out of discarded material they find on the premises.

He tirelessly configures mountains of discarded material.

After 15 45 months of community action that also involved health education and removal of discarded material, the mean ± SD prevalence of Mesocyclops was 75.69 ± 9.17%.

She is uber-crafty, constantly creating useful items out of discarded materials.

Tramp art furniture, made of discarded materials by hobos and hobbyists, looms large at Clifford A. Wallach, where the star is a sideboard, one of the largest known tramp art pieces.

In his first solo show in New York, Mr. Sibony, a young artist who lives in New York, continues to develop a wry guerrilla formalism, cobbling together all sorts of discarded materials into coarse, sometimes freestanding collages and sculptures.

From Mr. Lynn there is a blob-shaped "embryonic" house that can be reconfigured by a client using computer software; from Mr. Cruz, a photo montage of discarded materials like used tires and sheets of corrugated metal that are recycled to create low-cost dwellings in Tijuana.

Kevin Beasley uses all manner of discarded materials (including a kitchen sink found in Detroit) in terrifically nasty sculptures: a black substance threatens to burst out of transparent bags, and a red T-shirt stuffed with foam is held together with hair clips.

But while WeCyclers, Plastic Bank and others focus on repurposing waste, some businesses are using technology to reduce the amount of discarded materials entering the ecosystem in the first place.