Have a look at some of the ideas below for repurposing common household waste items in creative and/or practical ways. Perhaps you’d like to try your hand at one of these ideas or maybe they can serve as inspiration for an original idea of your own. You can also explore the links to the right for additional ideas for upcycling items headed for the trash.
Self-watering planters made from plastic two-liter soda bottles
Cellphone speaker made from a toilet paper tube and two paper cups
Decorative tin can art supply organizers
Birdfeeder made from a cardboard juice carton
Birdhouses made from two-liter soda bottles
Tea light luminaries made from tin cans
Picnic carrier made from a 6-pack carton
Biodegradable seed starters made from cardboard toilet paper rolls
Cord organizing box using toilet paper tubes
Birdfeeder made from a detergent jug
