Ways to Recycle and Reuse Plastic Bottles
It is said that over 40 billion plastic bottles are used each year in America. Since almost 2/3 of it end up in landfills and plastic bottles are non-biodegradable, this has become a serious threat to the environment and to planet earth. To help save planet earth here are several innovative ways to recycle/reuse plastic bottles:
• Plastic bottles to build a home
Unbelievable but true, plastic bottles can be used as construction materials to build a home. This has been done in the countries like the Philippines and Honduras. Houses made of plastic bottles are low-cost and have proven to be durable and can withstand typhoons and other natural calamities that frequently visit these countries. The bottles are filled with mud and bonded together with a cement mixture.
• Chairs and desks from plastic bottles
Plastic bottles can be recycled to produce tables and chairs. In the Philippines, a local TV variety show donates school chairs and desks to public schools from plastic bottles that they gather with the help of their TV audiences and other donors.
In fact Coca – Cola Company and Emeco, a leading furniture maker, have corroborated to produce a chair out of 111 recycled Coca-Cola plastic bottles which is appropriately called “111 Navy Chair”.
• Fun and functional items for the home from plastic bottles
Ordinary citizens like us can also help in the recycling efforts to save Mother Earth. Plastic bottles can be recycled into fun and functional items for the home such as candle holders, champagne glasses, bird feeders, terrariums, pencil cups, hanging lamps, herb pots for a herb garden and a lot more. Let your imagination run wild and come up with ways to reuse/recycle your plastic bottles. There are a lot of fun and functional things that can be made out of these plastic bottles.
