Plastic Trash Installation at Yonge-Dundas Square in Toronto

Greenpeace Canada unveiled a large art installation of an eight-foot high sculpture of a mother albatross bird feeding her baby branded plastic trash, standing in a nest on a beach covered with plastic pollution.

The branded plastic being fed to the baby represents trash of the top five plastic polluters identified through brand audits conducted by Greenpeace Canada in collaboration with six partner organizations. These top polluters were found to be Nestlé, Tim Hortons, PepsiCo., The Coca-Cola Company and McDonald’s.

The art piece, created by Toronto-based artist and activist Dave Fujii and commissioned by Greenpeace, shows how everyday consumer brands are fueling plastic pollution through the mass production of single-use plastic packaging.

The installation incorporates branded single-use plastic trash from corporate plastic polluters collected at cleanups and brand audits in Canada in September 2018.