Recycled Art and Repurposed Bottle Caps: Questions of Children’s Epistemic and Environmental Justice

Heather Kaplan

doi:10.1080/00043125.2026.2636870

March 4, 2026Art Education

Recycled Art and Repurposed Bottle Caps: Questions of Children’s Epistemic and Environmental Justice

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This research investigates how recycled art practices influence children’s understanding of environmental and epistemic justice.
Describes an environmental curriculum incorporating recycled art with discussions of environmental issues.
Explores engagement and creativity in children when working with repurposed materials like bottle caps.
Utilizes qualitative observations and assessments to evaluate children's learning outcomes.
Children showed increased awareness of environmental issues related to plastic waste.
Participants engaged more creatively in art when using recycled materials, particularly bottle caps.
Findings suggest significant benefits to children's understanding of sustainability and environmental justice.

Implication

Explores children's creativity through recycled art, highlighting environmental justice implications.

Abstract

The recycled art project and practices I am about to describe represent a common environmental curriculum explored with young children in the name of environmental art education. Given the current ...

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Recycled Art and Repurposed Bottle Caps: Questions of Children’s Epistemic and Environmental Justice

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Recycled Art and Repurposed Bottle Caps: Questions of Children’s Epistemic and Environmental Justice

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