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16 November, 2019 2:54 pm

Five Incredible Ideas on How to Creatively Recycle Plastic

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As the plastic island formed in the Pacific continues to grow, this material seems to be among the most used for packaging. However, the decomposition times of plastic are quite high. In fact, it could take up to 100 years to dispose of it – a real eternity.
For this reason, it is essential to understand both that there are alternatives to this material, and that we can recycle plastic in a creative way.

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Plastic bottles of all kinds can have a new life, becoming lamps, furniture and much more. Creative recycling is a fun practice and at the same time helps the planet not to become a giant landfill. To help you with this good work we have decided to suggest 5 ideas for reusing plastic bottles, so that everyone can understand the potential of this material.

Recycle Plastic for Indoor Decoration

There are several ways to creatively recycle plastic and one of the ways that allows you to make more variations is just to create a chandelier.

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To make a chandelier with old plastic bottles you will need a certain dexterity and familiarity, but with patience and time you can get a good result. First of all, you have to choose a model you want to reproduce, also looking for inspiration online. At this point just follow the instructions to get a beautiful chandelier – all with recycled material.

Another very original idea is to make a beautiful curtain to decorate the windows of your house. The realization of these curtains is very easy. You only need the bottoms of plastic bottles (preferably transparent to let light in) to make curtains at no cost.

Outdoor Decoration with Plastic

On the balcony or in the garden, plants and flowers are essential, as they give colour to your home. What better way to plant your flowers than in beautiful vases created by you with plastic bottles? For those who have a balcony, the best idea is to use plastic bottles to create vertical gardens and decorate the walls of your terrace.

A nice and perfect idea for those who live outside the city or have a house in the country is to create a bird feeder. In this way, in fact, you can attract to you the little creatures and feed them. The creation of the feeder is quite simple – there are a lot of tutorials online. Moreover, you can get a functional object that helps the birds to find food without great effort.

Building a mosquito trap with a bottle is very easy. All you have to do is use a substance that attracts insects, so that you can easily eliminate them. For this purpose you just need to use sugar. In this way the mosquitoes, attracted by this sweet substance, will end up trapped in the bottle, with no way out.

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