Plastic pollution. Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care
WATCH: Corona Save The Beach Hotel Video
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Created by German artist HA Schult, the first hotel made completely out of garbage opened in 2010 in Rome, Italy, and Madrid, Spain. Trash was collected from beaches throughout Europe to build the Corona Save the Beach Hotel.
The structure consists of five rooms and a reception desk. It’s constructed from the clutter (12 tons) collected along Europe’s polluted beaches, in a motion to raise awareness of throw-away culture and mounting pollution…
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Rome’s Trashiest Hotel Built With 12 Tons of Litter, TreeHugger (Uploaded 06-06-2010)