5 Ideas To Make Recycled Waste Baskets
Recycled trash cans are another craft you can do to help reduce environmental pollution. Although you may be overlooking it, there are several reusable materials that can be used to make this item.
Of course, you should invest a little time and creativity as some of the alternatives require some technique and patience. The good thing is that the results are very striking and serve to encourage the good habit of recycling as a family.
Do you dare to try it at home? If you enjoy taking care of the environment, be sure to follow the ideas that we will give you below.
Ideas for making recycled baskets
Trash cans are essential anywhere and now even serve a decorative function. Therefore, today, they exist in different sizes, materials and shapes. However, in view of the need to recycle, some have chosen to make their own designs at home.
With a little ingenuity and time, many materials that look like ‘garbage’ can be transformed into recycled baskets, both for the interior spaces and for the exterior of the house.
1. Recycled baskets with plastic bottles
Plastic water bottles, also called PET containers, are useful for making very low-cost recycled baskets. The idea is so simple and interesting that you can do several to separate the garbage according to its category.
Materials
- Pliers
- Wire.
- Ice pick.
- Cigarette lighter.
- Metal clothes hangers.
- Plastic bottles with lids (previously washed).
- Metal rod ring (can be purchased at a hardware store).
Instructions
- Stretch the clothes hangers with pliers until they are smooth and straight, but without damaging the hook part.
- Hook them onto the hoop and fix them with the pliers.
- Repeat the same procedure until there are the necessary metal strips to put the rows of bottles. Remember that the bottles must be well glued so that the garbage does not escape.
- Next, heat the ice pick with the lighter and pierce the bottom of the bottle and the lid. The wire will pass through these small holes.
- Create another ring similar to the metal one on the base but, this time, using the clothes hangers.
- Insert all the bottles into a row, then hook the rod to the second top ring.
- Repeat everything until all the rows of the basket are formed.
- Clever! If you want, put a bag inside to prevent leaks.
2. Recycled trash can with bottle bases
This interesting recycling idea attracts attention. The manufacturing procedure is similar to the previous one, only square rods are used. Additionally, the whole bottles are not used, but the bases must be cut in the shape of a flower to give it that curious appearance.
3. Trash can with stoppers
By gathering many soda bottle caps we can make a smaller basket than the previous one. The project is perfect for office bins or for those spaces where not so much waste collects.
4. Trash cans with tires
There are many advantages to using old tires as material for making trash cans. First of all, rubber is resistant to moisture, so there will be no problem if it is put in the garden. On the other hand, it can be given different sizes since it is only necessary to put one on top of the other.
5. Baskets with strips of plastic bottles
If you cut the plastic bottles into strips, you can make small recycled trash cans. Since their resistance is a little lower, because the resulting product is very thin, they are ideal for use as an office wastebasket.
The trick to giving them the desired shape is to first make a firm mold (for example from thick cardboard) to weave the basket on top. Then the strips should be interlaced and fixed with a little adhesive tape to prevent them from losing their shape.
Go ahead and make your own recycled baskets!
Did you like these ideas to make your own recycled baskets? Go ahead and choose the one you like the most and put it into practice when you have some time. As you can see, they are good ways to take advantage of those recyclable containers and elements that somehow reach your hands.
