Archive for the ‘recycled plastic’ Category

On the whole I don’t approve of plastic recycling. Talk of recycling makes us feel good about our rubbish and diverts attention away from the real issue of our ever growing pile of plastic trash. However that said, there are some plastic recycling projects that make you go OOohh. By mixing together ground-up plastic with [...]

Recycling plastic waste in Yorkshire are … Based in Bradfod these guys want to recycle your plastic waste check them out

Don’t throw those sweet wrappers away you may need them to run your car.  Heres a plant in India thats transforming plastic into motorbike fuel      They say of the process that it “converts all sorts of waste plastic into fuel oil, petroleum gas and solid petroleum coke. It can work with all kinds of [...]

  Use those old plastic bottles (and some sand)  to build a house  Or these recycled specially designed bottle bricks   If only all plastic bottles could be this useful.

Just to remind you, polythene is a simple plastic. It can be easily recycled any number of times – some say indefinitely. You can tell it by its strechy feel. It is used to make bread bags,veg sacks, toilet paper wrappings and carrier bags. All  polythene bags can be recycled through the supermarket carrier bag [...]

This guy is definatly part of the solution……………….do check it out This is my ecoHouse… which I Build DIY at 10,000 USD. cheers. – Using recycled rice hull plastic material. – 100% non toxic – 100% Green. – 100% made from waste material – with International Eco Label. – 0 trees are chopped. 0% timber [...]

Icelandic beach trash Originally uploaded by futureatlas.com             Last year I was fulminating about plastic coat hangers – well only yestrday I was ambling round Tesco when I took a detour into the clothes section. there I saw a coat hanger recycling box. For plastic ones of course I also happened [...]

As with all plastic polystyrene does not biodegrade. Instead it hangs around for years creating everlasting litter and problomatic pollution. the boffs are working on the problem and here are their solutions Recycling Polystyrene is difficult to recycle. Difficult but not impossible … For those of you who insist on using plastic cups there is  [...]

Made from plastic debris washed up on Kent beaches – made by fantastic artists Stuart Haygarth – for more visit his website   Want to make one of your own? The best beaches for plastic pollution can be found here Found out about this guy through a post that features all kinds of interesting things [...]

Recycling plastic

Plastic recycling – hows it done – click here to see  Turning plastic rubbish into picnic benches and all manner of other uses for  recycled plastic lumber Recycling plastic into funky boards to be used for all manner of things – to see the yogurt pot coffee table click here




  • Plastic lasts for ever and we are using it to make one use, throwaway items. We have created everlasting rubbish and plastic litter is increasing exponentially. Plastic pollution is destroying the landscape, killing wildlife and poisoning the seas.
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    Evidence is also emerging that the plastic we use in everyday to wrap our food, wear next to our skin and use to decorate our homes may well be poisoning us.
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    For more reasons to cut your plastic consumption click on the image below - it is of a bird that died from ingesting plastic.
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  • So in 2007 we began to boycott stupid and unnecessary plastic products and source biodegradable alternatives. . Click the rubbish below to see what we boycott.
  • . Over the years we have sourced a lot plastic free alternatives. These are products as tried and tested by us. .. To find out what they are click the image below...
  • But even we cannot live completely with out plastic - those seaside rides get us everytime! .. Click on the image below to see plastic we still use....
  • Plastic free highlights

  • planet trash
  • or check out the flickr group

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    Marine litter. A winters worth of beached litter.

    Marine litter. Collected litter ready for pickup.  90% plastic.

    London Pride Riverside Rubbish

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  • or pictures of plastic pollution on google

  • YOU TUBE

    Films of plastic crap in motion and some interesting solutions. Click the cups to go.

  • Lucky Dip


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