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Every housewife strives for ideal cleanliness and order in the house, so all women try to get rid of excess trash as quickly as possible. But you don’t need to be so categorical; for example, plastic food packaging should be saved.
Today we will share with you the secret of creating a charming little thing from plastic containers. Children will be delighted with this idea; by the way, they can be involved in joint production.
YOU WILL NEED
plastic box
scissors
hole puncher
colored permanent markers
PROGRESS
Cut out the bottom of the package. All you need is the flat part of a plastic container. 
Print any outline picture. You can use coloring for these purposes. 
Redraw the picture onto the plastic using permanent markers. Please note that the final size of the figurine will be reduced by approximately 70%. Therefore, initially the drawing should be large. 
Using a hole punch, make a small hole above the design and cut out a plastic figure along the outline. 
After preheating the oven to 165 degrees, place the plastic figures on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake the figures for exactly 3 minutes. 
After baking, each of the figures will become smooth and denser. Now they can be attached as decoration to the bracelet. 
These figures can also be used as New Year's toys to the Christmas tree! If you liked this craft idea, share the article with your friends.
My name is Irina, I live in Germany - in a country where absolutely everything is sold in plastic packaging, which migrates in tons from stores to trash cans. I've been doing it for a long time different types handicrafts and constantly face the question optimal storage heaps of little things that accumulate all the time and require new boxes, caskets, etc. In this master class I want to show several ways to create convenient storage containers from various plastic packaging. The advantage of this kind of containers is that they are easy to make at home, they can be made in any size and in any quantity, the transparency of the plastic allows you to quickly find the right thing, material for containers can be found in every home, such containers for small items can also be used in the country house, in the garage, etc...
So, first, let's make the simplest mini-container from plastic bottle:
We heat the tip of the knife to make it easier to start cutting the bottle. 
Cut the bottle into two parts with a knife. If the bottle does not have edges, in order to avoid large errors when cutting, glue the tape at the required height and cut the bottle exactly along the edge of the tape.
Let's melt the edges of the bottle a little to avoid cutting your hands during further processing. The bottle should be kept at a distance of 0.5-1 cm from the flame, turning evenly. The unevenness of the edges after heat treatment will hide the crocheting.
We heat up a steel knitting needle and make holes along the edge of the bottle, which will have to fit the size of the hook with which we will tie the edges of the bottle. 
When piercing plastic with a hot knitting needle, sharp and dark traces of plastic often remain on the surface... They can be removed different ways, I use a regular grater to clean my feet (the sandpaper is too sharp - it damages the surface of the plastic, it’s not very convenient to use a knife) 
Now we proceed to crocheting the edge with a single crochet. 
We thread the tip of the thread and glue it inside the container. 
Then we thread a thick thread into a gypsy needle and sew the entire row with colored thread, without missing a single hole. 
We thread the end of the thread and glue it again. 
If desired, our small container can be decorated. The easiest way to decorate is with double-sided tape, ribbon and rhinestones. You can also use thread winding on double-sided tape.
Cut the tape to the required length and glue it with double-sided tape. We cut off the excess tape. 
We make a bow at the junction, you can stick on a rhinestone and the mini-container is ready! 
We make different containers of the required height and glue them with a gun into a larger and denser plastic package (the photo shows the packaging in which we sell food products) 
Apply hot glue to the bottom and quickly glue the container to the package (hold it a little so that it sets properly) 
We paste double-sided tape, any tape, or wrap it with thread on our box, decorate it with small things, and our first box for small things is ready! I made this box for the dacha to store various little things, which you are always looking for in various drawers: pencils, small tools, keys, etc. 
If we make a high strap on our containers from plastic bottles and thread a cord, then we will get pencil cases that can be either placed or hung. They take up little space and are easy to see 
Another option for making boxes for storing small items: in it I used thick plastic cups from Danone yogurt. 
The principle of making a box is the same; if the height of the box allows, you can make two tiers from cups, using cardboard (or thick plastic) for the bottom of the second tier, onto which I hot glued the plastic bottom from the packaging. 
If desired, boxes for small items can be made with lids. For these purposes, I took old plastic folders, cut them to the size of the box and, after making holes with a hole punch or a hot knitting needle, stitched them together with the edge of the plastic box. Since in my photo there is a two-tier plastic box, for convenience, I made a handle from scraps of a folder, which I also glued with hot glue to the bottom of the second tier. 
The finishing elements are glued with hot glue. 
Large plastic bottles can be used to make excellent containers for storing small toys, designer parts, etc. for a children's room and kitchen. Decorating such containers can be a joint activity for parent and child. The principle of creating such a large container is exactly the same as shown above. 
From the remaining top parts of plastic bottles we can make a lot of exotic flowers and decorate our balcony or summer cottage with them. But this is a topic for another master class! 
Don't rush to throw away used plastic container, because you can still find one for it useful application. In a new review, the author has collected the most interesting and practical examples of what else you can use unnecessary plastic bottles for.
1. Decoration in a marine style
To create a unique decoration in nautical style you will need a small plastic or Glass bottle, which should be filled with plain water and attributes of the seabed: sand, shells, large pearl-like beads, coins, shiny beads and glass fragments. When all the components of the composition are folded, drop a drop of blue into the bottle food coloring, a few drops vegetable oil and some glitter. All that remains is to tighten the cork well and the stunning decoration is ready.
2. Stand for books and magazines
Simple manipulations will allow you to turn an unnecessary milk or juice canister into convenient stand for books, newspapers and magazines.
3. Faucet attachment
You can cut out a convenient faucet attachment from a shampoo bottle, which will allow your child to wash their hands or wash themselves without outside help without flooding the entire floor.
4. Napkin holder
A bottle from detergent can be used to create a bright and practical napkin holder, the design of which is limited only by your imagination.
5. Stationery organizer
Instead of just throwing out regular bottles of shampoo and shower gel, make them into bright and cheerful coasters in the form of funny monsters. To begin, simply cut off the necks of the bottles and mark the locations of future cuts. You can cut out a variety of different things from colored paper or fabric. decorative elements, like eyes, teeth and ears, and attach them to the bottles using superglue. Finished goods It is best to attach it to the wall using double-sided tape.
6. Containers for cosmetic accessories
Cut-off plastic bottles are perfect for creating adorable containers for storing makeup brushes, makeup, ear sticks and other small items.
7. Poof
From large quantity Using plastic containers, you can make a charming pouf, the creation process of which is quite simple and straightforward. First you need to make a circle from plastic bottles of the same height and secure it with tape. The resulting structure must be well wrapped with a sheet of foamed polyethylene, securing all joints with tape. The base of the ottoman is ready, all that remains is to sew a suitable cover for it.
8. Bracelets
Plastic bottles are an excellent basis for creating original bracelets. Use fabric, thread, leather and any other materials to decorate the unsightly plastic base.
9. Stand for sweets
The bottoms of plastic bottles of different sizes, painted in the desired shade, can be used to create an impressive multi-level stand for convenient and beautiful storage sweets.
10. Scoop and spatula
Plastic milk and juice canisters can be used to create a practical scoop and handy little spatula.
11. Protective cap
A simple cap, which can be made in no time from an ordinary plastic bottle, will help protect your phone from snow or rain.
12. Lamp
A small plastic canister can be a wonderful base for creating an original lamp.
13. Jewelry organizer
An amazing multi-level organizer that can be made from several bottoms of plastic bottles strung on a metal knitting needle.
14. Pots
Containers for storing spare parts.
Capacious containers made from unnecessary items will help you clean up and maintain order in your garage. plastic canisters, which are perfect for storing small parts, nails, screws and other small items.
17. Toy
Armed with scissors, felt-tip pens and paints, you can turn unnecessary plastic containers into fun toys, the process of creating which, as well as the result itself, will undoubtedly attract the attention of children.
Continuing the theme with your own hands.
The site contains a number of materials on the recycling of seemingly unnecessary and useless things. In hospitals and clinics you can find vending machines for shoe covers. You put five rubles into the machine and at the exit you get a small plastic box with a couple of shoe covers stuffed into it. After using the shoe covers, an unnecessary container remains. One of the options for extending the life of the container is making a toy for a cat, cat or kitten. How to make such a toy?
Constructions homemade toy There can be a wide variety of options, but to give you ideas, I will give two options. To make it yourself, we will need a container from shoe covers, a shoe lace, a piece of soft insulated wire or a piece of twine, a rattle on a clothespin for a fishing rod (costs 10 rubles). A pair of scissors with a sharp tip will suffice.
The first version of a toy for a cat
Using the tip of scissors, make a small hole in the lid of the container with your own hands. For other piercing methods, watch the video. We thread twine or shoe lace into it and inside We tie a knot in the lids so that the lace does not jump out. We put one ringing ball taken from the rattle inside the container. Close the container with a lid with a tail. Shorten the lace to a length of 10-20 cm. For decoration, draw identification marks of the mouse’s face on the container with a permanent felt-tip pen. We check the result on a cat.
The second version of a toy for a cat
Use the tip of a pair of scissors to make a small hole in the lid of the container. We tightly insert a spring with a rattle ball at the end into this hole (see photo), and the rattle can be hidden in a container or brought out. With this mounting, the sound from the toy will be louder. As an option, you can attach a tail. We also check the result on a cat.
Spring rattleIzhevsk shoe covers and capsules for them are distributed not only throughout the regions of Russia, but also to the CIS countries - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus. The city, founded as a factory and considered not environmentally friendly, is one of the leaders in collecting plastic and recycling raw materials.
From 20 to 220
Production from polyethylene low pressure in Izhevsk - the capital of Udmurtia - was established back in 2010. In less than 10 years of operation, volumes have grown significantly.
“We brought the first machines from China ourselves,” says Sergei Losin, head of Lokomotiv LLC. – At that time, shoe covers had just appeared on the market, pricing had not collapsed, and competition was not as widespread as it is now. We also thought that shoe covers are a good consumable. The most important raw material – polyethylene granules – was available close at hand.
According to Losin, since 2010, the number of products produced - medical shoe covers - has increased more than 100 times. This is due to the fact that at first the work was carried out on only one machine, but now there are already 15 of them. And the number of employees from 20 people has increased to 220.
The difference between this enterprise and many others is that out of 220 employees, more than 160 are people with disabilities. And the founder of Lokomotiv LLC is the All-Russian Society of Disabled Persons of the Udmurt Republic.
At the Russian Investment Forum in Sochi, the company was recognized as the “Best Social Project” for 2018 for the employment of people with disabilities.
“In the labor market, we are already experts in the field of employment of people with disabilities,” says Sergei Losin, head of Lokomotiv LLC and deputy chairman of the All-Russian Society of Disabled People. –
As with waste recycling, the country does not yet have a well-functioning system for employing people with disabilities. Therefore, people often come to us with questions, because over the years of work, our organization has already developed its own methodology.
Plastic is different from plastic
And more than two years ago, the company began processing.
“Before that time, we didn’t even think about processing,” says Sergei Alexandrovich. – We simply took primary granules and made them different kinds products: shoe covers, medical masks, plastic gloves, raincoats and much more. And then they discovered PET.
We decided that we would no longer buy capsules for shoe covers, but would start producing them ourselves. But making them in the generally accepted way is very expensive, and competition is high. They decided to make the capsules from PET, because it is lying under our feet. We set up collection, bought an extruder, started making film and molding it. And the capsules turned out.
In fact, the process of making capsules turned out to be not so simple and fast. It took Lokomotiv six months and about 5 million rubles for commissioning work.
“It was very difficult to make a lock that fastens one half of the capsule to the other,” continues Sergei Losin. “But we did the math and found out that such capsules are much cheaper than existing analogs.
Why? An injection molding machine melts raw materials and consumes a lot of electricity. And we just heat it up, and the PET takes the shape of a press. In this case, no more energy is wasted than when ironing.
In addition, the cost of raw materials differs. So, polypropylene crumbs cost 115 rubles per kilogram - and this is in bulk, at a good price. And our raw materials, taking into account collection, washing, drying and processing, cost about 60 rubles, that is, 2 times cheaper. And the quality is not inferior. If we talk about capsules, then capsules made from PET are even better than those made from polypropylene, since their walls are harder.
But there is another problem that may stop entrepreneurs from choosing this type of production: it is quite easy to find employees for injection molding machines, there are many of them. And for an extruder for processing PET - you can count them on one hand, there are only 5-6 people in all of Russia, all of them are worth their weight in gold.
“Our extruder operator has a technical education, but he learned to work on an extruder from scratch: on the Internet, studied Western sources,” says Sergei Alexandrovich. - And now we can say that we have learned to produce beautiful PET from waste - sheets with a thickness of 0.2 mm to 1.5 mm. This sheet can be given any shape or pattern. It is hard and wear-resistant. Already even more budget options plastic windows(for the dacha, for example) are made from such sheets.
And if you compare PET and polycarbonate, PET is inferior only in heat resistance. Greenhouses made from it are not suitable for hot regions; they may begin to melt. For Moscow or Udmurtia, for example, where the air temperature practically does not rise above 30 degrees, a PET greenhouse will not lose to polycarbonate, and will cost at least 2 times less.
One and a half rubles - for 1 ruble
In the future, the company plans only to increase production volumes, but now they are stopped by a lack of raw materials. The solution to the problem has already been invented.
- We started organizing bottle collection points. In the USSR, I still remember, there were reception points everywhere. And it was considered the norm to hand over glass or plastic bottles. And there was less garbage on the streets then.
If you organize such reception points correctly - for money, for a reason, then everything should work out. It’s just that even I wouldn’t sort the garbage - and not because of laziness, but because of lack of time - it’s easier to put everything in one bag and throw it in one container.
And if they give some money for bottles, why not sell them? We will accept a 1.5 liter bottle for 1 ruble. Thus, people who accumulate plastic bottles can do not just a conscious act, but also get some money for them and buy, for example, a loaf of bread.
The other day we opened the first reception point in Izhevsk. As soon as things get going, we are ready to open similar points throughout the republic.
Not by volume, but by mass
By the way, a joint project can help Lokomotiv extract plastic bottles Public Chamber UR and public organization consumers of housing and communal services "Association of councils of houses of the Udmurt Republic". For now it is only experimental and will begin work this spring.
The organizers chose 10 Izhevsk apartment buildings, whose residents will be asked to sort garbage and put it in separate containers. The cost for garbage removal will be calculated not by volume, but by weight. And not according to the standard, but in fact. What is important is that sorting will help to reuse some of the waste.
- This project is just an experiment for now. We cannot yet say with certainty that this method of garbage removal will be cheaper - this remains to be checked,” says Alexander Evseev, chairman of the public organization of housing and communal services consumers “Union of House Councils of the Udmurt Republic”. – But if we talk about plastic bottles, you will agree that they are larger in volume than in mass.
Photos courtesy of Sergei Losin.
On the one hand, the habit of taking old things to the dacha is not at all useful; it is much easier to throw away everything unnecessary in the city. On the other hand, from garbage - egg trays, torn tights, bicycle inner tubes and plastic bottles - you can make many useful devices for your garden with your own hands. Here are the ideas that I have already tried on mine summer cottage Olga Platonova, TV presenter and author of books on gardening.
From two drawers, a door handle, wire hinges and a piece of belt you can make a suitcase for transporting seedlings
From plastic bottles - do it yourself: 7 ideas
Let's start with the most common items - plastic cans and drink bottles. From them you can make many useful tools and devices for the garden.
Protective cover for young tree trunks. Their thin bark is often damaged by a lawn mower in summer, and in winter in early spring- rodents. I cut off the bottom and top with the neck from the bottle. Then I cut the resulting plastic “pipe” lengthwise, open it at the cut site and wrap it around the bottom of the barrel.
Fruit picker. I use top part plastic bottle with a neck. I make a triangular cutout in the wall of the funnel blank, and insert a long pole into the neck.
Landing marker. I usually mark the boundaries of new flower beds with sand, which is clearly visible on the dark ground. I pour it out of the bottle, for which I make a large hole in the lid.
Watering device. A bottomless bottle with a screwed cap and holes in the sides is buried upside down in the ground next to the plant. Moisture or liquid fertilizers flow from it directly to the roots; a soil crust does not form.
Mini-greenhouse. For this purpose I use the top part of bottles and canisters - I cover the plants with them. To ventilate the plantings, you just need to unscrew the lid.
Container for growing seedlings. I cut the bottle into two equal parts crosswise. I make drainage holes in the lid and the sides of the upper half and insert it neck down into the pan - bottom part bottles.
Wasp traps. I make a hole with a diameter of 3 cm in the bottom of the bottle. Then I dig it in with the neck down (with the cap closed) to half the height. I fill the bottle sweet water, but not to the top, so that the wasps that flew in to help themselves could not get out of it. I place it in the dining area.
How to Reuse Old Hoses and Bicycle Tires
Many useful devices For my garden I construct from used items. The main thing is to look at them correctly and understand how they can be used.
Covering cruciferous crops to protect against cabbage fly. To make it I use an old carpet. I cut it into circles with a diameter comparable to the diameter of a mature head of cabbage, make a radial slit, and place it under each plant so that the stem is in the center of the “disc.” This simple protection prevents the female cabbage fly from laying eggs.
Carpet can be used to protect paths and tree trunk circles trees from weeds, and also as winter insulation for plants.
You can use an old shopping bag on wheels to make a transportable bed for climbing plants
In place of the bag I put a box with soil, and I attach a net to the handles for climbing plants. The mobile trellis on wheels is ready!
Device for drip irrigation from a garden hose. In an old hose or PVC pipe I make holes along the entire length and insert a plug into the end. Connecting with water pipe, I lay it along the bed and open the tap. The hose can also be useful for watering flowers in deep flowerpots if you bury it vertically in the ground with the plug facing down.
By the way, a piece of hose cut on the side and placed over the sharp teeth of the saw will make its storage safe.
Element garden design from an old mirror. Once placed on a fence or blank wall of a house or barn, it will increase illumination and visually make the space larger. I also use it to design “fake” gates in the fence.
Marker for planting seeds from an egg tray. I take a small piece of board and screw it to it door handle. On the other side of the board I glue a plastic storage tray chicken eggs. I press the marker into the ground and immediately get ten identical planting holes.
I also use egg trays as containers for sowing seedlings and storing bulbs. In winter, I harvest onions in plastic cells for harvesting.
If you stick part of the egg tray onto a board with a handle, you will get a convenient marker for planting seeds or seedlings
Comfortable garden tools obtained from a paint brush. I use it to spot treat the weeds with herbicides and apply crushed charcoal on fresh sections when cutting.
Tree garters made from old bicycle inner tubes. I cut them lengthwise and then divide them into strips of the desired length. I get excellent garters: soft, durable, and not damaging to the bark.
Foam garden chair and torn tights
Here's how else you can use it unnecessary trash, which is usually thrown away.
Broken clay pots. If most of the pot has been preserved, I put it on its side and plant young sedums, sedums and ground cover plants. I use shards as drainage.
Medicine bottles. In tube packaging for large tablets and in plastic jars I save the seeds from vitamins.
Foam or polypropylene. I use this material to make comfortable seats for working in the garden. From an old sheet of polystyrene foam or polypropylene, I cut out several square blanks measuring 40x40 cm. I glue them “in a stack” with polyurethane foam.
It turns out to be a cube. Under top layer I do through hole, through which I thread a braid 50–60 centimeters long. I tie a knot at one end and attach the other to the loop of my trouser belt. When I squat, the cube itself falls to the ground, and I simply lower myself onto it.
We glue a cube from foam squares. This chair makes it convenient to work in the garden
I fill the lower part of garden flowerpots with crushed polystyrene foam. They become lighter - they are easy to move, and the foam acts as drainage.
Torn tights and stockings. I cut them into ribbons and tie the tree seedlings to the support when planting. I cover the place of their contact with the tree bark with moss.
In order not to strain the herbal infusions, I put the green mixture in tights and fill it with water.
I plant potatoes in elastic tights - it makes them easy to clean up.
Vaccination sites heat-loving plants For the winter I wrap myself in old stockings. In late autumn I wrap them around the bases of tree trunks to protect them from rodents.
PVC pipe cuttings. Using tees I connect them into various designs. It turns out excellent frames for film mini-greenhouses, supports for berry bushes and peonies.
Perforated sewer pipes buried vertically in the ground are excellent devices for watering and fertilizing large trees. And if we insert them into the center of the compost compartment, we will provide the necessary ventilation in it.
Make small holes in the pipes round holes and plant plants in them - you will get a hanging bed.
I plant horseradish in small sections of pipe. This makes it easy to dig up and does not spread throughout the area.
Old disposable glasses can be adapted for long-term storage of berries. Using a heated metal fork, I poke numerous holes in the walls of the glass.
Plastic spoons and knives easily turn into planting reminder tags. Write with a permanent marker.
Old tin cans They will also come in handy on my farm. From these I make “labels” with the names of plants. I'm deleting from tin can I cut the ends and side surfaces into rectangles. I squeeze out the name of the plant with a nail or other sharp object - it will not be washed off in the rain or fade in the sun.