We use billions of plastic bottles every year, at a huge environmental expense. Sure, you can recycle them and feel a bit better knowing that they’ll be turned into products like Ecospun felt, but recycling requires energy and raw materials and not all plastics can even be recycled.

Why not divert all that plastic from the waste stream entirely by turning those old bottles into something new? Here are ten plastic bottle craft ideas to get you going!





So I’m pretty confident that you guys have done some plastic bottle crafting of your own. What sorts of things have you made with your empties?

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So Much For Recycling. Creative Commons photo by mookies

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Green Aqua Mobile. Creative Commons photo by Denise Carbonell