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Title: Trash to art

Abstract

The Materials for the Arts (MFA) center in New York City is nothing like your typical materials recovery facility. The center does not process recyclable materials collected through a municipal or commercial recycling program. Rather, it reaches up higher on the solid waste management hierarchy, by enabling reuse, rather than reprocessing, of discarded materials. MFA collects all sorts of discarded, but still usable, materials--ranging from furniture, computers, fabric, and paint, to paper, radios, boxes, lighting fixtures, construction and demolition debris, and more--from major corporations, small businesses, and individuals throughout the city. These materials then find a second home as resources for the city`s art and cultural community. MFA serves as a materials broker between businesses and individuals trying to get rid of unwanted materials and the city`s nonprofit art and cultural institutions.

Authors:
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
571639
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Waste Age
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 29; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: PBD: Feb 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITIES; RECYCLING; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; MUNICIPAL WASTES; MATERIALS RECOVERY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; SOLID WASTES

Citation Formats

Heumann, J M. Trash to art. United States: N. p., 1998. Web.
Heumann, J M. Trash to art. United States.
Heumann, J M. 1998. "Trash to art". United States.
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title = {Trash to art},
author = {Heumann, J M},
abstractNote = {The Materials for the Arts (MFA) center in New York City is nothing like your typical materials recovery facility. The center does not process recyclable materials collected through a municipal or commercial recycling program. Rather, it reaches up higher on the solid waste management hierarchy, by enabling reuse, rather than reprocessing, of discarded materials. MFA collects all sorts of discarded, but still usable, materials--ranging from furniture, computers, fabric, and paint, to paper, radios, boxes, lighting fixtures, construction and demolition debris, and more--from major corporations, small businesses, and individuals throughout the city. These materials then find a second home as resources for the city`s art and cultural community. MFA serves as a materials broker between businesses and individuals trying to get rid of unwanted materials and the city`s nonprofit art and cultural institutions.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/571639}, journal = {Waste Age},
number = 2,
volume = 29,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1998},
month = {Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1998}
}