Upcycle plastic

Don't throw away your plastic bottles! Try some of these DIY upcycling projects instead to help organize and spruce up your home décor.

How to upcycle, repurpose, refashion and re-make everything from jewelry to kids clothing and home decor.

Even if you use reusable shopping bags, there's a good chance you have some plastic grocery bags somewhere in your home. In addition to using the bags for trash, storage and even picking up after the dog, here are 15 brilliant ways to reuse those plastic grocery bags.

This project is one which has evolved out of my recent experiments with fused plastic. It’s a way of recycling old crayons and plastic bags creatively and I love the finished ‘leaf-like’ feel of these. The finished leaves can be used for a wide range of purposes, or alternatively you could cut the fused plastic sheets up into any shape you like. Materials Plain white plastic bags – or bags with large areas of white that can be used. Roll of Cling film Old wax crayons Metallic Gold Ink Pen…

Upcycled Plastic Bottles & Bags: Things you can make with plastic bottles and plastic bags.

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Sandwich Toaster Plastic Recycling: Reusing household plastic waste to make things using a panini press including a lamp shade, Christmas decorations, and a heart mobile. In this 'ible I'll show a way to process some of your household waste using some pretty basic things to turn them…

Plastic Smithing: How to Make Your Own HDPE Plastic Anything (DIY Plastic Lumber): How to make really good hard plastic while reusing and recycling plastic bags at home! Via this method, you can make ANYTHING you want to, out of hard, lightweight, real plastic that's astoundingly durable. It comes out very similar in texture to re…