CASE STUDY ARTISTIC CREATIONS WITH E-WASTE The WEEE man, designed by Paul Bonomini, is a huge robot made of scrap electrical and electronic equipment. 7. Watch the video on the WEEE Man Sculpture at the Eden Project and answer the questions. What is the sculpture made of? What does WEEE stand for? What are the sculpture’s sinews made of? And its teeth and ears? What about the brain? What can we do as individuals to reduce the amount of waste we produce? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. The WEEE man sculpture was made with clear objectives. Read them and decide if they are realistic. Justify your answer. The WEEE man project’s main objectives are: to transform public perception of waste from “out of sight, out of mind” to visible, thought–provoking and behaviour–changing; to encourage the public, retailers and manufacturers to think carefully about waste reduction; to raise the profile of the recycling industry; to educate people on ethical consumer choice and sustainable resource management. 9. The WEEE Man represents the average e-waste of a UK household in a lifetime. Try to guess which electrical and electronic appliances it is made of and how many of them were used. 10. Use the Internet to find other artistic creations made from e-waste. Choose one and describe it. Try to identify the objects it is made of.