Brainstorming for Environmental Entropy

So....
Last night I tried to think of what I should do for this project. My initial thought was to have a top view of a tree stump with lots of cracks and have pictures intertwining through the cracks. I don't think I will do this because I don't think it makes the viewer really think about it.
Now, I want to do a city with photoshopped pictures of what humans seem to value now in today's society.... including money, labels and brands.

Okay.... so I have a new idea now... GARBAGE!!! It's everywhere in our world! It is super nasty! Yuk!!!! So my idea is to make an item out of recycable materials. I am still trying to figure out the background but I want to have like a wasteland for the background or something else like that....