What can I do with empty soda bottles?

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What can I do with empty soda bottles?

An empty 2-liter soda bottle makes the perfect container for storing and dispensing plastic grocery bags. Just cut off the bottom and top ends of the bottle, and mount it with screws upside down inside a kitchen cabinet or closet. Put washers under the screw heads to keep them from pulling through the plastic.

What can be made out of soda bottles?

Easy Recycled Bottles Arts & Crafts

  • Rocket Piggy Bank. Teaching kids the power of saving money just got a lot more fun!
  • Halloween Milk Jug Ghosts. This spooky craft is ideal for Halloween!
  • Plastic Water Bottle Flowers.
  • Rainbow Bubble Snakes.
  • Bottle Penguins.
  • Milk Jug Toss.
  • Soda Bottle Flower Prints.
  • Rocket Fueled Jet Pack.

What can I do with leftover water bottles?

11 creative ways to use a water bottle instead of recycling it

  1. Clean your drain.
  2. Wasp trap.
  3. Paint dabbers.
  4. Glass pasta (or anything) holders.
  5. No-sew zipper bottle containers.
  6. DIY spray paint container.
  7. Sprinkler.
  8. Dog toy.

What kind of paint do you use on plastic soda bottles?

Surface Acrylic Paint
Folk Art Multi Surface Acrylic Paint and Americana Multi Surface Acrylic Paint can be used on plastic making them ideal for recycled plastic bottles, clear cake stands and other small plastic items. Keep in mind that any tableware that you paint should not come in contact with a person’s lips.

How do you use plastic soda bottles?

You can learn how to make these creative zipper cases from plastic bottles here.

  1. Soda Bottle Sprinkler. Photo Source.
  2. DIY Recycled Bird Feeders. Photo Source.
  3. Bottle Cap Mosaic. Photo Source.
  4. Piggy Bottle Bank. Photo Source.
  5. DIY Kitchen Storage Containers. Photo Source.
  6. DIY Drip Irrigator.
  7. DIY Magazine Rack.
  8. Vertical Hanging Garden.

How can I reuse old bottles?

Inventive Ways to Reuse Glass Bottles

  1. DIY Liquid Soap Dispenser. Source: HomEsthetics.net.
  2. Wine Bottle Bird Feeder. Source: Momma Young @Home.
  3. Healthy Spray Bottle. Source: Body Unburdened.
  4. Homemade Holiday Decorations.
  5. Upcycled Lamp.
  6. Upcycled Oil Lamp.
  7. Chalkboard Storage Canisters.
  8. ‘Keep ‘Em Busy’ Sand Art Craft.

How long does it take a bottle in a landfill to start to decompose?

approximately 450 years
Plastic bottles, for instance, are estimated to require approximately 450 years to decompose in a landfill.

How do you get paint to stick to plastic bottles?

Spray Paint You can sand your plastic bottle to give it texture, or add primer prior to spray painting it. Another choice is to get specialty spray paints that bond to plastic. By spray painting, you’ll be able to apply an even coat to your work in only minutes.