Creative Reuses of Plastic Fish

In 2020, due to the outbreak of COVID-19, many traditional gatherings were cancelled, and bento containers and accessories became useless. A #SafeHandFish campaign was launched, and the fish-shaped containers were filled with hand sanitiser, given a blue instead of the usual red cap and provided to restaurants for free.See Cleanseex.com

Even prior to this recent practical reuse of the fish, artists have been engaging with it for many years. The installation artwork “Tokyo Electric” of 2013 by three (スリー), for example, makes use of soy sauce containers filled with colorful fluids.See information on this exhibition It was created on the occasion of the second anniversary of the Fukushima earthquake. The three meters high cubic structure is made out of 151.503 fish-shaped containers that represent the Fukushima nuclear power plant and the number of displaced citizens. In addition, “Light Soy”, an award-winning table lamp by Heliograf, a design brand from Sydney, makes creative use of the fish-shaped container.See heliograf.com/lightsoy The lamps serve as symbols of the waste created by take-away food containers. For every lamp sold, 3 kilograms of ocean-bound plastic is removed by nonprofit organizations, meaning that customers actively contribute to the reduction of plastic pollution. Click below to learn more about trash and treasure or go to the next step, back to Cissy Chan’s usage of the fish.