Lower East Side Ecology Center, also known as the LES Ecology Center, is an

environmental Environment most often refers to: __NOTOC__ * Natural environment, referring respectively to all living and non-living things occurring naturally and the physical and biological factors along with their chemical interactions that affect an organism ...

organization founded in 1987, focusing on urban sustainability, providing e-waste and

compost Compost is a mixture of ingredients used as plant fertilizer and to improve soil's physical, chemical, and biological properties. It is commonly prepared by Decomposition, decomposing plant and food waste, recycling organic materials, and man ...

ing services, environmental stewardship opportunities, and educational programming.

E-Waste Warehouse

In 2003, the Ecology Center started its Electronic Waste (E-Waste) Program focusing on

E-waste recycling Electronic waste recycling, electronics recycling, or e-waste recycling is the disassembly and separation of components and raw materials of waste electronics; when referring to specific types of e-waste, the terms like computer recycling or mobi ...

Artists-in-residence

The E-Waste Warehouse hosts one artist in residence at a time. The

artist-in-residence Artist-in-residence (also Writer-in-residence), or artist residencies, encompass a wide spectrum of artistic programs that involve a collaboration between artists and hosting organisations, institutions, or communities. They are programs that pr ...

is given studio space in the warehouse and is invited to engage and make art with some of the e-waste the center collects. In 2019–2020, skateboarder and artist Louis Sarowsky was an artist-in-residence at the center. He used the recycled materials in his sculptures and performances, making a body-suit covered in

VHS tape VHS (Video Home System) is a discontinued standard for consumer-level analog video recording on tape cassettes, introduced in 1976 by JVC. It was the dominant home video format throughout the tape media period of the 1980s and 1990s. Mag ...

E-Waste Warehouse Gallery

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References

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