ABOUT

'Trash Talk!' is a campaign developed for a proposed conservation charity, 'Save Our Oceans'. The campaign consists of three poster designs, a suggested design style for a information pack and a design for an eco-friendly reusable shopping bag. The intention of 'Trash Talk!' is to highlight the ever-growing problem of plastic waste in our oceans.

The posters encourage the audience to visit the 'Save Our Oceans' website where they could then purchase one of the bags. These bags highlight a shocking fact at what plastic bags can do once they reach our oceans. Just one plastic bag can kill up to 100 dolphins as sadly the dolphins attempt to ingest the plastic believing them to be jellyfish. What many people don't realise is that plastic is nearly indestructible so the dolphin will die from ingesting the plastic long before the bag will break down. The dolphins carcass will then decompose releasing the plastic bag to claim another victim. This vicious cycle can occur more then 100 times before the bag is small enough to be ingested by other marine life such as fish. This causes a wealth of other problems as is discussed throughout the rest of the campaign. A free information pack is provided with the purchase of a canvas bag. All plastic used within this project was actual washed up plastic collected from beaches. This was disposed of in an environmentally friendly way once it had been photographed for the campaign.

Exhibited at the 2020 Taiwan Poster Design Association for the Marine Environmental Protection Category.