Introducing The Rubbish Collection
This summer the Science Museum is doing something crazy. It is allowing members of the public to rummage through its bins, writes artist Joshua Sofaer.
View ArticleThe art of rubbish
Project Curator of The Rubbish Collection, Sarah Harvey, considers how art can inspire us to question our everyday relationships with 'rubbish'.
View ArticleEvery receipt, every teabag, every half-eaten potato – getting hands-on at...
In this week’s blog from The Rubbish Collection, Corrinne Burns, Content Developer at our Antenna Gallery gets a volunteer’s view on the exhibition. ‘Do people just get naked in the Science Museum?’...
View ArticleA sustainable future
In the next of our series of posts linked to The Rubbish Collection, Matt Moore, Head of Sustainable Development for the Science Museum Group, looks at how we measure and minimise the environmental...
View ArticleRubbish that powers homes and builds roads
In this week’s blog linked to The Rubbish Collection, Curator Sarah Harvey looks at some of the materials that are on display in the exhibition. The second phase of Joshua Sofaer’s The Rubbish...
View ArticleTransforming materials – the recycling journey
In this week’s blog linked to The Rubbish Collection Curator Sarah Harvey follows the route of the Science Museum’s recycled rubbish. Joshua Sofaer’s art installation The Rubbish Collection showcases...
View ArticleShedding light on the matter of rubbish
In the latest of our blog series linked to The Rubbish Collection, the Science Museum’s Inventor in Residence Mark Champkins finds an ingenious use for our discarded materials. The second phase of The...
View ArticleA WEEE waste recycling challenge?
Sarah Harvey, Project Curator of The Rubbish Collection, talks to Dr Philip Morton, Chief Executive of REPIC about the challenges of dealing with growing volumes of electrical and electronic waste....
View ArticleLiving in a materials world – the human story of rubbish
In this week’s blog linked to The Rubbish Collection, Curator Sarah Harvey follows some of the unexpected stories and personal objects that were found in the Museum’s bins. As the exhibition nears its...
View ArticleHow could coffee power our cities?
In this guest blog post, Arthur Kay, founder and CEO of bio-bean, explores how his company is working with the Science Museum to recycle coffee waste into useful fuels.
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