Don’t throw away that empty plastic bottle yet. You can make some super durable string with it using a few basic hardware components. If you have some empty plastic bottles lying around ...

Here's one of the more ingenious ways to upcycle a plastic bottle if you're someone who has a lawn or garden to water. Drill or poke small holes in all around the bottle, remove the cap, and duct ...

Cell Press. (2019, February 27). 'Upcycling' plastic bottles could give them a more useful second life. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2019 / 02 ...

In this video, we share amazing reuse ideas to transform plastic bottles and tires into functional and stylish items for your home, including a coffee table and an aquarium. These DIY projects are ...

Bio-based monomers help upcycle plastic bottles 02 Mar 2019 Isabelle Dumé These composite materials, developed by upcycling PET, can be used in wind turbines, snowboards, or materials such as ...

Take any PET or PETE (Polyethylene terephthalate) plastic bottle and melt it with a heat gun and then add texture with a soldering iron. ... Upcycled Life: Plastic bottle vase Sat., July 13, 2019. X; ...

In this video, I show you how to reuse and upcycle plastic milk bottles to save money, help reduce waste, and grow healthy food at home. #EarthDay #YouTubePartner. More for You.

The caps—under the 2nd Lives initiative—are being first introduced in Vietnam, given away to select customers buying a bottle of Coke, and they offer a surprising amount of upcycled functionality.

Upcycling plastic bottles into more lucrative materials could make the recycling process far more attractive and effective. Currently plastics lose about 95 percent of their value as a material ...

Innovative design start-up Six Miles Across London Limited (small.) has just unveiled an emergency shelter made almost entirely out of upcycled plastic bottles. The Recycled BottleHouse is a ...

A scanning electron microscope image of the new supercapacitor material made from upcycled plastic bottles. Mihri Ozkan & Cengiz Ozkan/UCR. 2 / 2. Scientists at the University of California, ...