Recycled plastic projects

From the ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME Magazine summer issue, meet environmentalist Emily Packer, who's company makes tiles from recycled plastic.

Three Plastic Bottles of differing sizes, cut out and peirced hung with an assortment of crystal beads and silver chains ( from broken necklaces) . Not the best photograph of this as when the sunlight hits it the colours really shine arround the room like rainbow droplets, but it give the general idea

So proud of the students who worked on this little project for Enrichment Day today. And well done to Miss O for the careful planning behind the structure of our beautiful turtle made out of recycled plastic bottles! 🐢 I wish I took progress pics!

I recycled some Coke plastic bottles into a fairy house lamp. Materials used: plastic bottles, tin foil, paint, hot glue and paper clay. Have fun!

The rate at which we are producing waste is alarming! Moreover, it is alarming because the maximum of this waste is not degradable. Yes, we are talking about

Upcycled Plastic Bottles & Bags: Things you can make with plastic bottles and plastic bags.

A great way to us plastic bags for recycling is to learn how to make plarn! Here are plenty of plarn projects where you crochet with yarn made from plastic bag

A broken CD isn't much good to anyone. Unless you're Sean Avery that is. Because while most of us would just throw them in the trash, the South Africa-born, Australia-based artist turns them into various dazzling animal sculptures. He makes them by gluing CD shards to wire mesh frames shaped like different animals, and as you can see from his iridescent animal kingdom, there seems to be no limit to the types of creatures he can create.

Even if you use reusable shopping bags, there's a good chance you have some plastic grocery bags somewhere in your home. In addition to using the bags for trash, storage and even picking up after the dog, here are 15 brilliant ways to reuse those plastic grocery bags.