Important Practice

Important Practice
Logan Airport
Boston, Massachusetts

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Photo: Doug Peabody
This week's Thursday Challenge is "important." An important practice is recycling. This sculpture entitled "Recap," was created by the students of of the James Otis School in East Boston. They collected over 680 lbs of these plastic bottle caps throughout the city. How's that for a creative reuse?

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Location: Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), 1 Harborside Dr, Boston, MA 02128, USA

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