Plastic waste cups

There was a load of clear plastic cups that were about to thrown away, so what could be done with them?.......

.....I looked at shapes that could be created from them and made in to something of use.

it would save them being put in to the waste and it could be made in to something of beauty and style, maybe a light maybe sculpture or part of a piece of furniture?

...........what would you do with something which would normally be thrown away, some thing that apparently had come to the end of its life?

..................How would you give waste a new life?

Five green bottles sitting on the wall..........

....after thinking about the story of stuff i have been looking at the

story of the plastic, bottle what happens to it, what gets

recycled from it, and what can i do with it.

So i have been collecting lots of different types of bottles

and experimenting with them to see what i can create from them.

www.greatgreengoods.com

Recycled plastic shampoo bottles, washed up on beaches are hand cut by artist, Rebecca Crawford at Spacefruit. A portion of her profits go to Surfers Against Sewage.£15.00 for the bracelet and £20.00 for the necklace at Spacefruit

www.bags2riches.co.uk

michelle brand

michelle brand

"The root of my interests lies in sustainable waste management.
At present it has manifested itself into a designer maker practice.
I have designed an aesthetic and decorative fabric from which most people in the western world would perceive to be waste/rubbish.
The fabric is composed of plastic drinks bottle bases, which have been cut, sanded and then tagged together.
I love seeing design opportunities where most people only see problems"
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