Hohoho Upcycled Plastic Bottles & Bags: Unique & Beautiful Art
Who would accept idea a plastic purse or a plastic H2O or soda bottle could live upcycled into something in addition to then unique in addition to beautiful? Check out these unique upcycled products made past times talented artists in addition to I intend you'll grip that 1 person's trash tin definitely live some other person's treasure.
unique flowers made from the bottoms of soda bottles (above in addition to below) by Michelle Brand
What is PET?
PET aka polyethylene terephthalate is a highly recyclable plastic production made from oil. It is what H2O bottles in addition to soda bottles are made from. Above is the recycling classification grade that is shown on the bottoms of bottles in addition to other PET products. These products should ever live recycled.
2-liter bottle boxes (above in addition to below) past times Zitta Schnitt
Plastic bottle tabular array light past times SarahTurnerEcoDesign via Etsy
DIY How to build "wire" from plastic bottles for utilisation inward jewelry in addition to crafts
Handbags made from recycled plastic bags
Recycled plastic purse chickens
and snakes
Lampshade made from recycled plastic bags past times Zipper8Lighting via Etsy
Mandala made from plastic bags past times Virginia Fleck
Tote made from fused plastic bags past times Lousupcycles via Etsy
Chair made from recycled shopping bags on a steel frame past times Ryan Frank
Plastic bottles at a landfill site...
Landfill decomposition rates:
Milk carton: 5 years
Plastic milk jug: 500 years
Aluminum can: fourscore to 200 years
Plastic drinking bottles: hundreds of years
Plastic bags: hundreds of years
Cigarette butt: upward to 5 years & leaches toxins into the ground
Newspaper: 2 to 4 weeks or longer
Glass bottles: tens of thousands of years
Styrofoam: no sign of ever breaking down
(figures from ecocomic.com)
Landfill decomposition rates:
Milk carton: 5 years
Plastic milk jug: 500 years
Aluminum can: fourscore to 200 years
Plastic drinking bottles: hundreds of years
Plastic bags: hundreds of years
Cigarette butt: upward to 5 years & leaches toxins into the ground
Newspaper: 2 to 4 weeks or longer
Glass bottles: tens of thousands of years
Styrofoam: no sign of ever breaking down
(figures from ecocomic.com)
What produce yous think?
I promise yous accept a cracking week
Love, Laura
My broken china jewelry is ever available for purchase
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