Plastic has been the primary medium for Dianna Cohen's art work. Overtime, she began to realize the impact plastic disposal has had on our environment. Speaking at TED, she notes the omnipresence of plastic, and decries the ineffectiveness of the current plastic recycling effort.

According to Dianna Cohen, "in the United States less than 7% of our plastics are recycled, and if you really look into it, particularly when it comes to plastic bottles, most of it is only down-cycled or incinerated or shipped to China. It is down-cycled and turned into lesser things. While a glass bottle can be a glass bottle again or can be used again, a plastic bottle can never be a plastic bottle again. So this is a big issue for us."

(Source: Tough truths about plastic pollution [TED])