Here is an idea. We all know the growing concern for plastic bottles and rather than have problems on how to be able to dispose of them, why not recycle them into something useful in homes? Something like a great carpet from the recycled materials? Not a bad idea.

Mohawk Carpet does just that. It collects these used recycled bottles by the bale and then broken up, sorted, chipped, cleaned and then melted. After the whole process is finished, they are molded into threads and spun into yarn and later on made into the eco-friendly carpet.

Perhaps this can severely help in addressing the recycling problems of these plastic bottles. Not all people are aware of their use and with that, are a real problem as far as waste management is concerned.

Plastic bottles are a huge environmental problem. An environmental advocacy group, Food and Water Watch, says each year, the bottles used for water alone consume 47 million gallons of oil and generate one and a half million tons of waste. But the bottles are high quality plastic- that make great carpet at the same cost.

But Americans only recycle about one in four of the plastic bottles they use. Sadly, our landfills are carpeted with a solution that is going to waste.

(Source) Digtriad.com

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What a great idea this is, not only are you getting an eco friendly light fitting that is really original and will definitely get everyone talking.

PET LIGHT is a light for 9 PET bottles and consists of:

1 suspension (laser-cut transparent acrylic asterix) for 9 plastic bottles

(Choose the colour of the suspension: transparent, blue, red or orange

1 lamp holder with bulb holder, 1.5 m cable & canopy.

1 instructions card

All packaged into a safe and neat WALKING-THINGS box.

Product materials: transparent acrylic glass, bulb holder, cable

Product size: ø 23 cm, for 9 plastic bottles (0,5 - 1,5 L)

Product size: ART EDITION 30×30x30 cm

Product weight: 0,330 kg (art edition 0, 9 kg)

Product colours: transparent, blue, red or orange

Designed and produced by: Walking-Chair design studio, Vienna

Country of origin: Made in the European Union (EU).

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This is a truly recycled rug, made from plastic bottles, like the ones that water and soda drinks come in, this makes the rugs very hard wearing and easily to maintain from spillages and other stains.

A true green product that re uses something that would have ended up in the landfill site and take hundreds of years to break down, now that would be great because any reduction in that has to be good news.

Sizes: Wildflowers Rug (3′ x 6′) and Wildflowers Rug (5′ x 8′)

Prices 3’ x 6’ = $29 and 5’ x 8’ = $85.

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I know what you’re thinking, he’s gone completely mad! Well maybe so, but there is this guy who has challenged the ultimate land fill nightmare and has taken 250,000 plastic bottles along with wood and bamboo to support the structure.

There is even a 66ft x 54ft house on the island which is situated in a lagoon near to Puerto Aventuras, South if Cancun on the Caribbean coast of Mexico.

The whole thing took around three years to complete and to me it really does sound like paradise.

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Each time we buy bottled drinks in pet or familiar plastic bottles, we are tasked with having to know where to place them after consuming the contents. Normally, people would just place them in trash cans but for some countries such as the Philippines, recycling them for cash is something that brings a smile to the eyes of people collecting garbage for their trouble.

To some, it may not be among the great stuff to do. Sorting out garbage and placing them in sacks for the purpose of selling them at around 1 peso at the least. Not a bad way to earn but a good way to help promote the green awareness program the world is gearing to these days.

The question is, do people care at all about the green effort or are simply looking for various ways to earn easy money? Just imaging how many bottles can be stored in one sack and how people can be rewarded heartily from them.

Source: Message in the Drink Bottle: Recycle

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Well in the City Departments for now, Mayor Gavin Newsom believes that the cities own water supply is just as good as any bottled water and as the State is attempting to become the “Green State” it makes sense that water in plastic bottles is on the hit list.

The ban, which started on The 1st July, will extend to include water coolers too, by the 1st December. It is believed that this move will help prevent global warming and save the taxpayer money too, which has to be good.

It is estimated that more than a billion plastic bottles from water use only, are disposed of each year in the state, most of which end up in the states landfill sites.

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We are in an age where we use plastic bottles and containers to store goods and consumable items whenever we buy them from the nearest store or supermarket. But after consuming everything that is in it, what do we do next?

If we are careless enough, we drop it on the ground, run over it, walk over it, kick it around, check it out and see what it is and so on. However, if we see no use picking it up, we tend to forget to put it in its place. This attitude alone is a sign of total disregard for environmental awareness. Let us put litter in its place. It doesn’t take much effort especially when there is the garbage can nearby.

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Today through my daily research and surfing, i came across a good article on biodegradability, and just exactly what is the meaning of this commonly used word. The author states several questions should be asked when trying to label a product as biodegradable. Questions such as:

• inherent biodegradability of the material?
• how long it takes for the material to actually break down?
• what exactly does the product or material break down into?

The issue that resonates with most Americans is the last factor for biodegradability which is, “the characteristics of the environment that the substance or material is in”, the author poses another question, “should a product be called biodegradable if it inherently has the ability to biodegrade, or should it only be called biodegradable if it also is commonly disposed of in a way in which it really will biodegrade? For example, should a paper grocery bag be labeled biodegradable? It will biodegrade if placed in nature, however it won’t biodegrade in a landfill because the conditions aren’t right”.

Here’s how long it takes for commonly used products to biodegrade, when they are scattered as litter:

cotton rags 1-5 months

paper 2-5 months

rope 3-14 months

orange peels 6 months

wool socks 1 to 5 years

cigarette butts 1 to 12 years

plastic coated paper milk cartons 5 years

leather shoes 25 to 40 years

nylon fabric 30 to 40 years

tin cans 50 to 100 years

aluminum cans 80 to 100 years

plastic 6-pack shower holder rings 450 years

glass bottles 1 million years

plastic bottles forever

This article does a good job of explaining the nature of where we find ourselves today, as far as the problems we are having with waste and landfills.
For an insightful read on this topic, visit the full article at World Wise.

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