Special display to help with litter comes to Malden
Now on display outside the Malden Department of Public Works (DRW) facility on Commercial Street is a large set of letters that spell the word “REDUCE.” These letters were made possible by a collaboration between Keep Melrose Beautiful and community members from Malden.
The letters are three-dimensional and hollow to encourage passersby to fill the letters with litter and other items in an effort to clean up neighborhoods in the area. The city of Malden said that the goal of having these large-scale visual messages in public places is to urge people to help keep the waterways, the streets, and the cities clean of single use plastic bottles and other litter.
Residents of the town and surrounding areas can be informed of such valuable displays with flyer printing services.
The letters were built by Jack Welch, a photographer and resident of Melrose, using pipe made from PVC and mesh wire. He used designs created by Kris Rodolico, director of Follow Your Art Community Studios. Welch said that this is a good way to give back to the community.
The letters were first seen in Melrose by Naomi Kahn of Malden Arts. Kahn reached out to Keep Melrose Beautiful to bring the letters into Malden. Subsequently, Khan collaborated with Karen Buck of the Friends of the Malden River to enable the letters to be set up at the yard of the DPW.
The letters are three-dimensional and hollow to encourage passersby to fill the letters with litter and other items in an effort to clean up neighborhoods in the area. The city of Malden said that the goal of having these large-scale visual messages in public places is to urge people to help keep the waterways, the streets, and the cities clean of single use plastic bottles and other litter.
Residents of the town and surrounding areas can be informed of such valuable displays with flyer printing services.
The letters were built by Jack Welch, a photographer and resident of Melrose, using pipe made from PVC and mesh wire. He used designs created by Kris Rodolico, director of Follow Your Art Community Studios. Welch said that this is a good way to give back to the community.
The letters were first seen in Melrose by Naomi Kahn of Malden Arts. Kahn reached out to Keep Melrose Beautiful to bring the letters into Malden. Subsequently, Khan collaborated with Karen Buck of the Friends of the Malden River to enable the letters to be set up at the yard of the DPW.