I went through a similar process of editing as the bacon photos. I removed the background and cut up the image of the plastic and created an abstract circular block of plastic waste. I deliberately chose to make the main image circular so it plants the idea of an ongoing problem and the long cycle of the disintegration of plastic. I then used the eyedropper tool to pick out the colours that the plastic reflected from the studio lights for the background colour.

I also created a slight shadow on both edits by copying the plastic image and using a colour overlay layer, using a colour slightly darker than the background. I chose to do this because a shadow gives the image depth which makes the image seem like it is protruding from the screen and adds to the effect of mass plastic.