why:
Alerting harmful effects of mercury found in fluorescent lamps.
人体に有害な水銀を最も含む廃棄物、蛍光灯
75,000t
Total amount of fluorescent lights discarded in Japan every year
日本で毎年廃棄される蛍光灯の総量
85%
Percentage of fluorescent lights collected from the ocean
海で回収された蛍光灯の量
"FLUOLESS" was an experiment to create a large crystal structure from a bunch of used fluorescent lights. There is approximately 400 million fluorescent lights discarded annually. In Japan, 75,000 tons of used fluorescent lights are throw as waste. 85% of these are thrown into the ocean, still containing gaseous mercury. Moreover, as it is toxic, it is therefore difficult to recycle this into fine and pure material. At the same time, fluorescent lights are difficult to recycle, as they include various harmful materials, making it complicated to extract such high-purity substances.
FLUOLESSは、使用済み蛍光灯を連結して巨大な結晶構造を作り出し、問題提起するプロジェクトです。年間に日本国内だけで4億本もの蛍光灯がゴミとして廃棄されていることをご存じでしょうか。重量にすると75,000トン。そのうちの85%が海に埋め立てられています。同時に、蛍光灯はリサイクルの難しい素材でもあります。有害物質も含めて様々な素材が集まっているので、純度の高い物質を取り出すのが困難なためです。
how:
Challenge to upcycle used fluorescent lamps.
what:
FLUOLESS
when:
2008
who:
Art Direction
NOSIGNER (Eisuke Tachikawa)
Space Design
Space Design
NOSIGNER (Eisuke Tachikawa)
Photo
Photo
Masaharu Hatta