5 ways to reuse plastic bottle caps
Throwing soda and water bottles into the recycling is easy enough. However, I always cringe when I have to toss the plastic cap into the trash. "There has to be a better way," I thought. Turns out there is. How Can I Recycle This had a multitude of suggestions. Here are my five favorites:- Fine art. Make a mosaic in concrete by submerging all but the very top of the cap into the wet cement. This method was created by a Honduran builder who was using bottles to construct houses.
- Games. Create a game of memory by writing numbers or putting stickers on the underside of the caps.
- Eco warrior. Gather a few caps together and drill two holes in each. Then, run a cord through the two holes of the cap in a way that they can still be screwed onto a bottle. Continue threading the caps onto a single cord until you have a necklace of sorts. Attach your creation to your backpack before you go out on the trail so that if you see any random bottle refuse, you can screw it on to dispose of later.
- Ornament. Add some lace and ribbon to five bottle caps and you have a (somewhat tacky) Christmas ornament.
- Whimsy. The only thing that I could come up with on my own was "drinking vessels for leprechauns." Not really practical but it could a fun activity with the kids or a sure way to make the neighbors think you are crazy.
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