Got fabric scraps? Don’t throw them! you can patch or reconstruct a garment, use them as filling or make something completely new and functional 💚 Reusing Fabric Scraps [Videos] — ecogreenlove Continue reading Reusing Fabric Scraps [Videos] — ecogreenlove
K-Cups make life easier in a lot of ways. They’re fast, convenient, and a surefire way to satisfy a caffeine addiction. There’s just one (big) problem with these little coffee dispensers: K-Cups are a bane for the environment. Here are just a couple of the many creative ways to reuse K-Cups 💚 Genius Ways to Repurpose K-Cups [Visual] — ecogreenlove Continue reading Genius Ways to Repurpose K-Cups [Visual] — ecogreenlove
Breaking a favorite vase or antique ceramic can be devastating. While your instinct may be to throw the damaged object away, there is an alternative practice that will not only revive your pottery, but create a new piece altogether. via Kintsugi: Repairing Pottery Art [Video] — ecogreenlove Continue reading Kintsugi: Repairing Pottery Art [Video] — ecogreenlove
Since we have bought soil already many times for our plants and flowers, I had for a while now some of the sturdy plastic bags where the soil comes in and I was keeping them because I thought they could be great for a bag. This is my upcycling attempt from a soil bag to a drawstring gym bag: via DIM: Upcycled Gym bag — ecogreenlove Continue reading DIY: Make your own gym sack by repurposing a soil bag – ecogreenlove
La REcyclerie, located in a former railway station on the Petite Ceinture trainline in Paris, is somewhat of an ode to the three Rs – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Housed in the old Ornano train station, La REcyclerie is a multi-purpose venue – café, bar, restaurant, urban farm and educational and creative centre – with a focus on sustainability. What was once an abandoned railway station is … Continue reading La REcyclerie: Paris lays on the “green” charm with a repurposed train station
Yoki Shop sells streetwear with a difference. Designer Jeff “Yoki” Yokoyama takes materials that are being discarded in the market – such as Levi jeans, USC or UCLA football uniforms and military jackets – and turns them in to one-of-a-kind statement, streetwear classics. The motto for the Yokishop is: “Design different. Make different. Sell different”. Designer Jeff Yokoyama uses his clothing line to show how cool … Continue reading Yoki: Streetwear label making new and cool of old discarded materials
The Recycling Association named Pringles tubes as the biggest villain among a list of products that pose the biggest challenges to reuse and recycle. For that reason, we have collected many ideas to repurpose this mixed materials chips tubes you can do yourself. Enjoy! via Reusing Pringles cans — ecogreenlove Continue reading Reusing Pringles cans — ecogreenlove
Kaffeeform Coffee Cups will be like a “trusty old friend” to coffee fiends for these dinky cups are made out of the very brown stuff they love. Kaffeeform combines used coffee grounds and particles of wood from sustainable sources and binds them together with natural glues to create a liquid material that can be moulded to create usable objects. Berlin-based designer, Julian Lechner spent five … Continue reading Kaffeeform: Coffee Cups moulded from used coffee grounds
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