On April 29, London's residents and visitors to the South Bank of the Thames will be visually stimulated with a new monument whose purpose is to commemorate "the growing problem of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment."

According to a press release from the Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts:

An imposing three tonne humanoid figure made from WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) will be unveiled by City Hall, South Bank, London on Friday 29 April. The seven metre high figure, will be on display for 28 days.

UK legislation to implement the European Union's WEEE directive (which went into effect in 2003) will be introduced in early 2006.

The press release says that

The huge 3 tonne figure stands 7 metres high and is totally composed of WEEE – from washing machines to mobile phones and electronic toys. This represents the amount of waste that a single person in the UK is likely to produce in a lifetime.