Plastic Ideas, Tips & Guides

Last week, Ryan and I watched a marvellous mobile machine that turned chunks of ripped up concrete into gravel. We assumed it would then be used for hardcore – the bottom layer of roads and paving – and it’s a nifty way of locally recycling a material that might otherwise go to landfill. But it’s also an example of downcycling, turning a waste product into a new material, but one of lower quality than the original. Recycling office paper into toilet paper is a good (hypothetical, I don’t know if it happens) example of downcycling.

If you want to Grow Unlimited Supply of Onions in Big Plastic Bottles at Home then we will tell you how with some onion sprouts you already have at your home!

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Learn how to use the potting soil plastic bag to grow plants, check out the tutorial video here. It can be a nice makeshift container.

My wife needed a folding table for a sales event.

We all are aware that it’s difficult to recycle plastic and rather than throwing plastic bottles away, you can reuse them in creative ways. One of them is Growing Herbs in Plastic Bottles. It’s an innovative trash-to-treasure craft and can be completed in less than an hour!

I found a couple of old plastic spring rocking horses in a free junk pile. I decided to give the first one a new identity as a unicorn. The 2nd one is still deciding what to be......

I'm a Southerner & we Southerners love a good front porch!

I don’t know if somebody else has already shared this or not...but I went to sit outside today and the chair was just gross looking! I started to clean it, and then went to grab some spray paint from the garage.

Begin by cutting the plastic bottle in the middle. To cut a plastic bottle in half, you will need a sharp object such as a pair of scissors or a utility knife.

Are you enchanted by those Dandelions? Today we are making some gorgeous lanterns from very humble materials: plastic bottles from your recycle bin, and paper!

You can make plant pots out of anything–bottles, toys, cups, jugs, glasses are some of the examples. Find out some of the creative DIY ideas here.

Once the results are in, the organisations involved will have a better picture of the scale of the problem we face here in the UK. They also will have better facts to take to government (both local and national) and the organisations who create or use the plastic — such as food companies — to lobby for alternative packaging solutions.Like with any project of this kind I'm sure the results will lead to further questions and the potential need to drill down further in the data. Whilst there are 19 categories of plastic in the survey, many of them are quite broad and only give an idea of numbers not volume. For instance one of my pieces of plastic this morning is the small wrapper which goes around a milk bottle. This sits along

Do you wish to take control of your flowers and food’s growth? If so, then you should really think about buying some greenhouse plastic to begin building your agricultural haven. It has been found that a little over 1/3rd of modern households in the US are growing their own food now. This development has taken place because of something more complex and isn’t just a passing trend.

These Upcycled Plastic Pots Made into Expensive Planters will add an extraordinary appeal to your garden without burning a hole in your pocket. Try these today!

Looking for a budget-friendly way to upgrade your porch? Learn how to turn plastic plant pots into a beautiful DIY urn planter with this easy tutorial!

Mix your favorite paint color and sand together. It produces a textured finish on anything you paint. I mixed gray paint and sand together to achieve an aged concrete look on a plastic planter.

Lawn sprinklers are an easy way to ensure the entire yard gets watered evenly. They not only save you a lot of time, but their mechanism ensures that you just have to turn on the tap and the rest is taken care of automatically. Especially during the hotter summer months when this functional DIY Garden Sprinkler will come to your rescue!

No More Plastic Labels I hate plastic labels, but I haven’t been able to find an affordable wooden alternative –  until now. Trawling the internet I scrolled past the lovely but pricey handcrafted wooden labels and came to a website offering packs of wooden tongue depressors (do you remember when the doctor would say ‘stick out your tongue and say aah’) costing a mere £1.55 for 100, including postage.

We have compiled the best DIY Edible Garden Ideas from Plastic Bottles in the article below for you to plan an organic grow bed in the smallest of space!

Reuse and recycle soda bottles in a unique and cool way in your home and garden. This will also help you turn everyday waste into functional garden decor. So, scroll down below and comment–which one is your favorite?

Repurpose old bottles using thesePlastic Bottle Vertical Garden Ideas and grow your favorite plants indoors or outdoors and help save our environment.

A non-biodegradable litter, plastic bottles put a huge dent in our environment’s health because of their significant carbon footprint. These bottles can take more than 450 years to decompose, which is a long-long time.

Upcycling plastic bottles not only satisfies your creative urge but also contributes to environmentally friendly, green practices.

Reusability and convenience are some of the virtues of plastic containers that have led to their overwhelming popularity. But sometimes cleaning plastic food containers makes the idea of reusing them rather unappealing.

Contrary to its name, permanent marker ink is not entirely permanent – especially if you need to clean it off of a non-paper surface like plastic. When you think about it, it is pretty easy to remove permanent marker from plastic.

You may not be silly enough to glue your fingers together, but accidental spills happen often, especially if you work with superglue on a regular basis.