Joburg artist drives pollution awareness by turning waste plastic into portraits

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Joburg artist drives pollution awareness by turning waste plastic into portraits
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Mbongeni Buthelezi uses waste plastics to create highly textured portraits and hopes his art sparks dialogues on plastic pollution globally.

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