Diy Newspaper Bin

Link

Mike

5 Reuses for Plastic Milk Jugs

1. Watering Can
2. Birdbath Dripper
3. Cloche 
4. Scoop
5. Seed Starting Flats 

Link

Mike

Toilet Paper Roll Seed-Starter Pot

Link to the project can be found here.















Mike

How to Reuse Mesh Produce Bags in the Garden

"Fairly often, when I buy onions or potatoes at the grocery store, they come in a bag made of plastic mesh. I’ve been stockpiling the things for years (just ask my poor husband…) because it seems like a shame to throw away something that could be very useful around the house. The mesh bags are very strong, making them fairly indestructible. And reusing them for something is much better than just throwing them in the trash."  Link

Reusing Wire Hangers

From Northwest Edible Life

"If you or a housemate work off the farm at one of those jobs that require clean, starched shirts, you probably have a lot of dry-cleaner's wire hangers kicking around the house. We return our wire hangers to our dry cleaners for re-use (better for the earth and helpful to the small business owners who run our laundromat) and they can also be recycled. Some people haven't gotten the message, though, because 3.5 billion (with a B!) of these hangers get tossed into landfills every year. That's a lot of coated wire floating around."

From Lifehacker

A few more garden-related uses for your wire hangers:

• Make a simple wind chime or bird repellent by tying shells, bits of sea glass, or old silverware to the straight edge of the hanger, and hang it from a tree or awning as a decoration or in a garden bed (especially one in which you have corn or berries planted) to frighten birds away.
• Straighten the hooked end of the wire hanger, then use pliers to shape the wire hanger into whichever shape you prefer. Stick the straightened end into a pot, and you have a great, free topiary form to grow ivy or other climbing plants on.
• Use them to make plant labels for your vegetable garden.

Mike

Garden in a Whole Foods Bag

Photo series on how to create the above garden container can be found here


Mike

Make Plant Labels from Recycled Garbage

From mrbrownthumb

Mike

Upcycling Plastic Bottles for Insulation

Here's a interesting project for making insulation out of plastic bottles, 3/4 full of water. From what I have gathered is that you can lay the bottles on side and add different layers of bottles to help increase the R value. Also adding water to the bottles helps add fire protection if they ever were to catch fire. Also adding a small amount of borax to the bottles will also help in case of a fire.  Lastly you can lay a layer of regular insulation over the top or blow-in insulation in between the bottles to help increase the R value.


Mike

Upcycle a Loofah into a Shower Caddy

   Make a shower bottle holder; instructions found here.

Mike

Trash Concrete

How to use trash like bricks.













Mike

Portable Squeegee

A portable squeegee made out of an old windshield wiper blade, instructions can be found here.










Mike

DIY Bio Fuel Briquettes

Fuel bricks from recycled paper pulp and sawdust; can find the how-to here.

Mike

Plastic Bag Recycling- DIY Purse

Learn how to make a purse from plastic bags (here.) Source atomicshrimp.com


Mike

Freecycling (Free Recycling)

Freecycling, which is sometimes referred to as Free Recycling, is the act of giving others your usable, unwanted items rather than throwing them away.  Take a look around you, perhaps you have some items cluttering your home which could be used by another.  And, it works both ways; so if there is something specific you are lacking, post a "Wanted Ad."

These sites made Freecycling (Free Recycling) a cinch for me, personally:
http://www.freecycle.org/
http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites (Select your area. Under For Sale, select Free)

Wikipedia also suggests the following sites:
http://www.reuseitnetwork.org/#groupinfo
http://recyclinggroupfinder.com/
http://trashnothing.com/
http://fullcircles.org/

Have a great night, Babel.

Build a Pallet Adirondack Chair

Here's a neat DIY project which will save you loads. These chairs sell for around $100...

http://www.instructables.com/id/Pallet-Adirondack-Chair/

Mike

Upcycling Soda Cans Into Tin Ornamental Boxes

This was a neat project I found from Hack A Day.

Mike

Earthship Photos

Keep in mind that these houses are made from mostly recycled materials; so you could use whatever you have around! You may have noticed a lot of round glass which are beer and wine bottles in the walls that create a beautiful  lighting effect. These are affordable, recycled, naturally warming and cooling homes. Earthships also use water harvesting techniques, gray and black water septic systems, solar & wind electricity, huge windows to provide natural lighting, amongst many other things these sustainable homes can offer you.


MIKE

Earthships are the way of the future

If You had to pick a single home that you could live the rest of your days in what would you pick? I'd probably want something that would heat itself, provide the water I need, grow my food, and of course give me shelter. Well if you're like me, then your in luck, because researcher Michael Reynolds has created such a home. It's called an earthship and can provide year-around heating, cooling, lighting, food, and water harvesting, just to name a few. Best of all is the fact that they are mostly built out of recycled tires, which people will pay you to take from them.

http://earthship.com/

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Earthship

http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/earthship.htm


http://www.dreamgreenhomes.com/plans/earthship.htm

MIKE