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Today’s Eco-Friends ♥

From Corn To Plastic:
Corn-based PLA is being used to replace oil-based ingredients in a wide variety of plastic and textile products. This helps solve the world’s growing waste-disposal problems, because PLA is renewable and biodegradable.
Current uses for PLA-based plastic

Plastic bottles
Bedding
Film wrap for tapes and CDs
Carpeting
Fresh food packaging
Cups and serving utensils

NatureWorks® polymer is [...]

Holly Anne Mitchell
Artist Holly Anne Mitchell creates unique bracelets, brooches, earrings and cufflinks made of recyclable paper materials including newspaper, sweetener packets and losing lottery tickets.
The Paper is cut into strips and hand-formed into uniform-sized beads which are then sealed with a non-toxic, water-resistant coating.

Jerry Kott
Artist Jerry Kott recycles wine bottles into these ultra-cool decorative vases. He also reuses wine bottles to make both hanging and table lamps

These artists recycle used street signs into amazing functional works of art; including furniture, bowls, purses, flatware and jewelry.
Boris Bally