Made entirely out of dozens of plastic bottles arranged in surprising patterns, the Bottle carpet encourages spectators to look at waste with a whole new set of eyes.

This year’s Taragalte Festival in M’Hamid was held in early November and honored the Women of the Sahara.

A wonderful initiative designed to promote cross-cultural exchange, sustainable tourism development and environmental stewardship, the festival invited WE MAKE CARPETS to put together an iconic recycled art piece that would celebrate these worthy aims.

Although some Moroccans are beginning to understand the importance of proper waste management, the lack of recycling infrastructure and proper education has left the North African country in the dust of the developing world.

Plastic bottles clog water ways and bags travel with the wind, blighting the magnificent landscape, leaching harmful toxins into the ground and endangering wildlife.

Turning plastic trash into a treasure that looks like a carpet – which have always played an important role among the nomadic people of the desert – helps to convey the notion that all materials are both precious and valuable.

Take a look at WE MAKE CARPETS’s website to see some of their other work. To date, they have built different sized carpets out of pasta, candybars, and even nuts and bolts.

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