Plastic in sight!

But we don't have to go that far to see this phenomenon. In Spain, we only recycle 30% of the plastics we consume. The rest reaches landfills, river basins and the sea without separating, sometimes as micro and nanoplastics that aquatic fauna ingests.

Inspired by the initiative of some coastal towns, we have placed this bin, the work of Víctor Calvo, at the entrance of the museum to draw your attention to this serious problem. Protect the environment, reduce the consumption of plastic, and, if you consume it, recycle it.

At the National Museum of  Anthropology we set out to complete this mural and collectively recreate this painting that takes us to a Pacific Ocean without plastic islands, just as we want all seas to be again. An installation that has grown thanks to the museum's public.

We also invited visitors to write messages with their sustainability initiatives and put them in plastic bottles with the intention that these would be the last ones we use.

After schematically showing the evolution of plastic consumption, we suggest sustainable alternatives that, by enhancing its use, could be the solution to this problem.

Residualism is a contemporary movement that defends artistic creation from waste. Sandra Sanmamed has lent us this “giardino” to serve as an inspiration to the volunteer weavers who have passed through the museum.

The young people of the Xpresion Dance Studio School, under the baton of Mária González, try to teach us that another way of living is possible, more sustainable and in harmony with nature. Reduce, reuse and recycle. "The gesture" can change everything.