Mexican Artist Melts Guns to Make Shovels to Plant Trees
Mexican creative activist Pedro Reyes campaigned asking residents to hand over their guns in exchange for coupons to buy electronics or household appliances. Pedro collected 1,527 guns for the project, Palas pro Pistolas, and had them transported to a military base, publicly smashed with a steamroller, and melted and recycled into 1527 shove heads.
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