We have told you several times that bulk is beautiful and that buying products by giving up their containers brings great help to the environment and nature. But, if you still find the plastic detergent bottles at home and you want to reuse them creatively, here we recommend 5 ways to give new life to these waste so harmful to the environment.
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We have told you several times that "Loose is beautiful" and that buying products by giving up their containers is a great help to the environment and nature. But, if you really find yourself still in the house, the very plastic ones bottles for detergents and you want reuse them creatively, here we recommend 5 ways to give new life to these waste so harmful to the environment.
1) The first idea is given by the site I recreate: with a bottle like those of bleach we can get a practical port plastic bags (also here: delete them, use the canvas bags!); that's how:
1. Remove the structure of the cap using a small knife and smooth the edges of the hole you have thus obtained.
2. In the same way, remove a part of the lower base with scissors, as if to leave an opening and always remember to smooth the edges, so as not to scratch yourself when you use the object.
3. Et voila! The bag holder is ready: put yours on plastic bags from the bottom and remove them when you need them from the top. You can also decorate your new object with gift paper or tempera: in short, free your imagination!
2) Always I recreate suggests that with a bottle for bleach, or any other container for detergents in plastic equipped with a handle with a long grip, we can get a very originaltoilet brush holder for our bathroom:
1. Score the plastic on the opposite side of the handle and remove a piece of it to form a window, but without affecting either the part of the cap or the base of the handle.
2. Now remove the structure that holds the cap, so as to leave a sort of tab, which you will engrave to ensure that your brush can easily come out of the structure. Now have fun here too at decorate it as you see fit!
3) Your desk is it overrun with pens, pencils and other small objects? Don't worry, even in this case a plastic container and your imagination can help you: just cut out the bottle as you can see in the photo and that's it. You will always have your desk tidy and you will lend a hand to the environment.
4) La plastic of the bottles it can also be used for do-it-yourself mosaics, along with other waste materials such as paper, cardboard, wood: just cut the container into small pieces, use them instead of the classic glass paste and give free rein to our creativity to create a composition (for walls or even to cover frames and objects) that will be able to furnish our home in a decisive way green. Here are the instructions for building a mosaic frame with the recycled plastic.
5) We know, thesummer is over, but if you want to prepare yourself for next year and be ready with all theeco-beach equipment, here are some practical advice. You can derive a bucket right from the detergent bottles, cutting them in half horizontally: if the handle is in the upper part, then we will apply a rope that will act as a handle in the lower part, so as to obtain two different transportable buckets and not throw anything away. Obviously, everything also applies vice versa and these buckets (those obtained from smaller containers perhaps) can also be used as comfortable palettes to mix yours compost or work the land of your own garden.
6) And speaking of gardens, you can use the detergent containers as if they were small greenhouses, just like we explained for the plastic bottles.
7) For those who want to try their hand at the art of creative recycling and transforming her bottles into splendid jewels, she can take inspiration from the splendid creations of Re-Use, a young Roman designer who produces necklaces, bags, bracelets and earrings by recycling plastic bags, and everyday objects. By reducing the bottles in small colored discs (not just detergents), for example, has created beautiful crewnecks that can also be purchased online at the price of 18 Euros. We had the pleasure of seeing her jewels live and we can guarantee that they look great!
8) Without applying too much in engraving and decoration works, let's remember that these containers can be used in kitchen (after being thoroughly washed) for the recovery of frying oils, which will then be taken to the appropriate disposal center anyway.
9) Another great idea unearthed in this blog is to use the bottle handle and part of it as scoops or crumb collector:
Then by converting to detergents on tap, you will experience one of the best ways to reuse bottles: refill them in the many bulk product stores.
Eleonora Cresci
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