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Product Design vs. Beach Litter: The Tamaragua is Form-Follows-Function
By industrial design firm Disolventes
This peculiar-looking Tamaragua object is by Madrid-based ID firm Disolventes. It might be mistaken for kitchenware.
Alas, its purpose is sobering:
"Manufactured by Precious Plastic Gran Canaria, the piece combines a shovel and rake to remove and excavate the sand, and a sieve to separate and collect the waste for subsequent recycling or disposal."
"Tamaragua is an environmental awareness project that makes visible the problem of micro-plastic pollution on the coasts of Gran Canaria. Using a beach cleaning tool made from 100% recycled plastic, it seeks to deploy an army of 'shore dwellers' who raise awareness in their surroundings about the state of our beaches."
Sad purpose aside, as an object it's a great example of form follows function.
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A utensil for cleaning up plastic is...made of plastic. I can see these being lost or misplaced on a beach only to contribute to the problem it was intended to mitigate. How about using a kitchen colander instead.