Turning Garbage Into Art

Cruise & Maritime

Cruise and Maritime Voyages is showcasing a new approach to onboard recycling.

In 2013, passengers onboard Cruise and Maritime Voyages (CMV) ships Marco Polo and Discovery will be introduced to a most unusual way of recycling.

Using popular waste items such as ring pulls, food packaging such as potato chip packets, and used mailing bags, one of CMV’s craft experts Krystyne Lamb makes them into fashion items.

The innovative and unusual craft activities have become popular sessions onboard. Feedback from cruisers has been very positive.

In fact, lots of female passengers have even been spotted carrying their handmade evening bags to the Captain’s cocktail party, which they created earlier that day out of ring pulls from drink cans. Other popular items made are belts and handbags from recycled potato chip packets or plastic bags