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| Lisa Be/Project Vortex, Hurricane Sandy Bottle Caps, Bored Panda |
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According to Pristine Planet, "at least 50 million plastic bottles are thrown away" each day in the U.S. Here are some ways to recycle some of them.DesignRulz offers 45 Ideas of How To Recycle Plastic Bottles. The article mentions work done by Michele Brand; she often works with the bases of plastic drink bottles. Here's a sample.
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| Michele Brand, plastic bottle art, Design Rulz |
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At Bored Panda there's 23 Creative Ways To Reuse Old Plastic Bottles. This lamp, designed by Yaroslav Olenev, is made of a large bluish plastic bottle and plastic spoons. There's an informative post about Olenev at Link Camp.
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| Yaroslav Olenev, Spoon Lamp, Bored Panda |
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Distractify in 26 Creative Ways To Repurpose A Plastic Bottle has some really useful ideas for those empty bottles; among them, a birdfeeder; a wasp/fly trap; and a protective lens case. BTW, Distractify says "approximately 100 million plastic bottles are used--and discarded--every day."
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| Instructables, protective lens case, Distractify |
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And Mudfooted also has an Artistic section, where there's this.
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| Veronika Richterová, plastic bottle plants, Mudfooted |
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-- Marge
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