Cormorant made of old electrical items brings a spark to Council HQ!
Like a phoenix from the flames, a sculpture of a cormorant made of unwanted electrical items has arisen in the foyer of Arun District Council’s Civic Centre!
‘Sparky’ has been created by local artist, Adam Swain, and will be on display in the reception of the building in Maltravers Drive, Littlehampton, for three weeks.
The sculpture, which stands at 170cm in height, will then ‘take flight’ to Bognor Regis Town Hall for a further two weeks.
Adam, from Arundel, has worked on many environment-related projects. He is a Waste Prevention Advisor with West Sussex County Council and organised the ReWire Exhibition of art from electrical waste in 2016.
All items used to make the sculpture were gathered through the Council’s kerbside WEEE [Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment] collections in Arun.
They include various pieces of unwanted household electricals, including broken shavers, hair straighteners, kettles, old remote controls, and computer and printer parts.
Adam said: "The cormorant is an impressive local water bird and is here representing the spirit of nature, threatened by pollution and waste. Through the work I hope to promote the household electrical waste collection scheme run by
Arun District Council, so that valuable materials can be recycled rather than put in the general waste."
Councillor Paul Wotherspoon, Arun District Council’s Cabinet Member for Neighbourhood Services, said: “This is a wonderful piece of artwork which not only demonstrates Adam’s talent, but sends out the important message to residents to please continue to use our kerbside recycling service for these
items so that they don’t end up in general waste, adding to landfill.
“The collections are made at the same time as your normal refuse collection so you can just put your small electrical items at the side of the road with your general refuse.”