Upcycling floppy discs

Is this a bit bonkers? Or incredibly sweet? Floppy discs (who still has those?) into planters. From recycle Uk Facebook page - recommended!

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Have a look at what these talented folk have done over in the arty crafty part of this blog and visit my PINTEREST board for funky ideas. The people over there are so clever aren’t they?

Find many other ways to reuse and recycle plastic here  

Boycott Plastic

Recycling is only part of the answer – a small part. Our favourite solution is to REFUSE plastics. Check these plastic-free products. Use them then compost them.

sea d’s

I have just finished down loading all my CDs on to an external hard drive. Because Iam not an artist,  I have given all the discs  to Oxfam. From now on I will only download music. Hope this works.Never mind I still have the radio.

French artist Elise Morin and architect Clémence Eliard just unveiled a shimmering art installation made from 65,000 discarded CDs at the Halle d’Aubervilliers of Paris’s Centquatre.

Read more: WasteLandscape: 65,000 Discarded CDs Form a Sea Of Metallic Dunes in Paris | Inhabitat – Green Design Will Save the World

 

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But what to do with all those plastic milk bottles

recycled plastic Originally uploaded by Joey 7

Found this on Flickr and thought it was fantastic.

Joey made the lampshade from  20 plastic 2 litre milk bottles following instructions from indestructables.

Extremely clever reuse.

Try these pages for ways  to REUSE  and RECYCLE  plastic trash.

And you can look at my PINTEREST board for more funky ideas. The people over there are so clever aren’t they?

Though of course its best to REFUSE plastic first place. You can find loads of plastic-free products here in my big the >>>A-Z<<<  index

Crafty plastic

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 to do with plastic rubbish – have a look

How to re-use plastic

Once your vile fizzy drink has been drunk then what to do with the plastic bottle? Landfill? Incinerate?

This post deals with the more productive ways to deal with our plastic waste.

Recycling

Here plastic trash is remade into a new product. To find out how, visit the recycling plastic page

Reused

This is when the original product is reused in a different way, but on a large scale. Like shredding trainers down into playing field surfacing.

Yes, really!

You can find some great ideas over here at You made what out of plastic trash?

Recrafted

Same as above but can be done by you at home or by artists in garrets. Have a look at what these talented folk have done over in the arty crafty part of this blog

Check out my PINTEREST board for more funky ideas. The people over there are so clever aren’t they?

Boycott Plastic

Recycling is only part of the answer – a small part. Our favourite solution is to REFUSE plastics. Check these plastic-free products. Use them then compost them.

Knitting with plastic bags

Cut your old plastic carrier bags into  bags into strips.

Knit or crochet the strips into new bags following this  pattern

Or  how about some sandals

 

Or set up a cottage industry weaving plastic rubbish into joyful new “fabric”

For lots of super funky ideas as to how to reuse and craft with plastic trash try Pinterest

Other ways to transform plastic trash can be found right here

fifties-style knitted grocery bag dress

Says maker Cathy Kasdan of Cleveland, Ohio: The dress is all hand knit from grocery bags …

The plastic grocery bag came about in the 1950′s along with futuristic optimisim about America, so I made a “typical” 1950′s ensemble

For ideas as to how to reuse and craft with plastic trash try Pinterest 

Other ways to transform plastic trash can be found right here

Reusing plastic trash

Dont get me wrong – plastic recycling is good,  but these guys are my kind of peopl; they dont throw plastic rubbish away as the bad people do but they dont recycle it either, instead they out out the middle man and  reuse plastic rubbish  to make other wonderful and useful things

The Fusers - they fuse together sevral flimsy plastic bags together to create one strong sheet that can then be sewn into all manner of things

The knitters knit their old plastic bags up into all sorts of fantastic things

The Squirel Bafflers fool those furry bird seed stealers with this cunning foil

The junk boaters – sail round the world on a boat made from plastic bottles

In the building trade plastic bottles and candy wrappers have been used to make bricks

Try these pages for ways  to REUSE  and RECYCLE  plastic trash.

And you can look at my PINTEREST board for more funky ideas. The people over there are so clever aren’t they?

Though of course its best to REFUSE plastic first place. You can find loads of plastic free products here in my big the >>>A-Z<<<  index

Urban Pond Haiku

 

urban pond -
the only duck
is plastic.

Haiku by Juliet Wilson

 

for some more  well crafted words do  visit her blog

The stunning / worrying photo is titled lost at sea

Originally uploaded by andytye.com

Squirrel water baffle

Water Bottle Squirrel Baffle

Originally uploaded by Earthworm

OK its not so pretty but it gets the birds fed!

Try these pages for ways  to REUSE  and RECYCLE  plastic trash.

And you can look at my PINTEREST board for more funky ideas. The people over there are so clever aren’t they?

Though of course its best to REFUSE plastic first place. You can find loads of plastic free products here in my big the >>>A-Z<<<  index