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Farid Farid

Artists turn Cocos Islands trash into treasure

Cocos (Keeling) Islands Artist and gallery founder Emma Washer is turning plastic waste into art. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Visual artist Emma Washer grew up seeing all sorts of debris wash up on the otherwise pristine beaches of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

A prosthetic limb was the "zaniest" piece of discarded plastic she had ever seen.

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