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In France, waste sorting and recycling is a good reflex that is required in most homes. But not all cardboard and plastic waste is always found in sorting bags.
In fact, many DIY enthusiasts and manual activities choose to have fun with some of the packaging they turn into DIY decoration objects or clever storage. Among these recyclable waste and packaging are a large number of plastic bottles. And, precisely, we wondered what can we do with a plastic bottle if we want to recycle it through a DIY project? To answer this question, we conducted a survey on
creative ideas of manual activity recycling plastic bottle
who come from all over the world. We invite you to browse a collection of ideas for manual recycling bottle recycling and vertiginous plastic activity. It may inspire you for your next DIY plastic bottle project!
Manual activity recycling plastic bottle – vertical garden indoor or outdoor
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If there is one thing that is opposed to the production of packaging and plastic waste, it is nature and plants. Radically different, the two concepts can yet coexist in an astonishing structure: a hanging garden made of plastic bottles. This idea seems all the more interesting as it adapts to both indoor and outdoor spaces. So, everyone can enjoy it, even those we do not have the chance to have a garden!
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To realize this project of manual recycling plastic bottle activity, we start by getting enough bottles. They are then transformed into a flowerpot, by cutting part of their surface lengthwise. To continue, we fill the bottles of soil and install plants of his choice. Then, all that remains is to hang the DIY improvised flowerpots on ropes!
Manual Activity Recycling Plastic Bottle – DIY Floral Suspensions
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Another way to create a garden with a DIY plastic bottle project is to turn these into a DIY suspended flower pot. This is a nice solution for those who want to decorate their homes with floral suspensions, very trendy lately.
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This manual plastic bottle recycling activity project involves cutting a bottle and then decorating it with paint. In the example on our images, we opted for a decoration inspired by cats. But you are free to experiment with other animals or colors, depending on your preferences. The flower pots obtained are hanging on a rope or storing one beside the other on a shelf!
DIY plastic bottle bird feeder
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A plastic bottle that contributes to diversity in nature? This exists, provided you want to make some small efforts. They involve an old empty bottle, a rope, some pencils and matching seeds. We will make a bird feeder to hang in a corner of his garden!
What to do with a plastic bottle – DIY flower pot cloth
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To continue in the same line of DIY plastic bottle idea, one can try another packaging recycling project. He proposes to transform an empty bottle into a flower pot decorated with fabric. As in the previous project, the DIY flower pot can be hung or stored on a shelf.
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Because of the fabric cladding, this flower pot idea is more suitable for an indoor garden than a green space outside. Among these advantages, there is the fact that we get a colorful decoration, customizable according to the taste of each!
How to recycle plastic bottles by turning them into DIY indoor decorations
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Packaging is not just about creating containers for our gardens; they can be metamorphosed into plants themselves! It is an idea of manual recycling plastic bottle activity ideal for the creative decoration of an interior space. It will seduce especially those who do not have time to take care of living plants.
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With the help of a few plastic bottles, one or two pots of flowers and a drill, one faithfully recreates the appearance of cacti plants. They are placed in flowerpots and stored on their desk or on a wall shelf. For an even more interesting effect, we could slip inside the cactus garlands of light. In this way, we obtain a series of original desk lamps!
DIY plastic bottle that becomes indoor fixture
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Speaking of packaging become creative lighting, impossible to ignore another project DIY plastic bottle. He takes this same idea of DIY indoor lamp while modifying it in a quite spectacular way. Because, in addition to giving the plastic bottle a new life, it makes a trendy luminaire covered with a thin layer of decorative concrete.
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In other words, in this idea of manual recycling plastic bottle activity, the empty packaging serves as a kind of molding. Depending on the type of bottles available, we can make luminaries in various forms. And thanks to the decorative concrete, the luminaire also lends itself to a treatment with various colors!
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Here is an idea of DIY and recycling plastic bottle that will probably appeal to lovers of modern decor and industrial style!
Manual activity recycling plastic bottle and storage ideas for workspace
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Want to organize your office with clever storage without spending a lot? Do not throw away your empty packaging! Collect them to make DIY practical storage for your workspace. The large format bottles will become storing pens, pencils or brushes.
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Small ones are ideal for making one or more kits. For this, we will need two bottles, which will use the funds. For the kit to be even more practical, we will add a zipper.
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This plastic bottle recycling project is available in several formats. From the smallest to the largest, depending on your personal needs!
DIY wall storage and idea of manual activity recycling plastic bottle
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France is one of the countries in Europe that is actively working to reduce the daily use of paper. Of course, more and more of us are favoring electronic invoices; but there is still a lot to be done at this level. If the paper documents have not yet completely disappeared from your desk, you can organize them using a DIY wall storage.
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Its principle: to recycle empty plastic bottles by fixing them on a wall. In this way we obtain small practical storage space and greedy space. They will be used to organize magazines, newspapers, mail etc.
Recycle empty plastic bottle using non-toxic cleaning product recipes
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Do you care about protecting the planet? In this case, you have probably heard about the great debates about the toxic substances in cleaning products. Of course, not all cleaning products can be completely banned from our modern households. But some have natural and equally effective alternatives. Among them, white vinegar and baking soda are our allies in the daily household chores.
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To use recipes for cleaning products based on these products, containers are needed. Why not recycle one or two plastic bottles for this purpose? And while you’re there, take the time to decorate your plastic bottles with a little paint. You will see it, it will make you want to clean a little more often!
What can you do with a plastic bottle to decorate your living space?
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Use plastic bottles as instruments for DIY decorating your living space! Below, an example of application of this idea of manual recycling plastic bottle activity. She is simple and yet her result is really beautiful. The next time you want to paint, replace your brushes with empty ones!
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And, to recycle the bottles in their entirety, try making a DIY wall deco panel with the caps of the packaging. Select a variety of shades and place them close to each other on a stand. It’s up to you to find inspiration for the image you are going to reproduce!
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Idea manual activity recycling plastic bottle – do-it-yourself jewelry
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Do you like making jewelry? Did you know that empty bottles can be used as materials for the creation of various DIY bracelets? For that, it would be enough to cut plastic washers and to decorate them. For this step, you have two options. One would be to dress DIY bracelets with yarns in various colors.
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The other is to paint the plastic washers with a color of your choice.
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To refine this manual plastic bottle recycling project, we suggest you treat the plastic washers with sandpaper. It is also possible to apply a little heat on their surface, using an iron, for example. This will allow you to give your bracelets a slimmer and more elegant shape.
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What to do with empty plastic bottle – recycling shaped jewelry holder
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For our latest manual plastic bottle recycling activity project, we suggest you to create an original jewelry holder. Thanks to its multi-level shape, it can house your bracelets, your earrings and your rings. Make it from bottoms of plastic bottles, as shown in the pictures below!
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