You don’t have to be an artist to get into the artful-recycling act at the Recycled Arts Festival in downtown Vancouver this weekend. Just go to the bathroom.
The newest thing about this year’s 11th annual celebration of making waste into wonders is the composting toilets. Conventional port-a-potties use chemical cleansers and deodorants to keep things from getting too fragrant — which they tend to do, anyway.
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