School bench project

Made by the association “To Make You Smile”. Their goal is to help the next generation look at “junk” with an eye to re-use. For the past three years, they’ve created and managed the Art in the Schools project, making benches, birdhouses, etc…
LINK ++ To Make You Smile, Via: Dude Craft

Spin Time Instead of Records On This Old Turntable

Etsy seller Pixelthis is doing a mean trade in clocks, some of which are the usual hard-drives you've seen before, but there are a few nice turntables too, like this subtle Sanyo and an ultra-retro 1960s one. [Etsy, Via: BB-Blog], Via: Gizmodo

The Plastic Bottle Island

This man has given up his job, family and possessions to build an island that floats on plastic bottles he’s found and used as buoys! Talk about recycling to good use! LINK: Neatorama, Via: Youtube

Beer Bottle House "Empty bottles. Full life"

Tito Ingenieri built his house out of six million empty bottles. He will gladly teach anyone how to build this kind of ecological house that recycles materials and keeps the streets clean. In his town of Quilmes, Argentina, people gladly give him their empty bottles and admire his artistic creation. LINK: Youtube

Recycled Food Packaging Lights

Anke Weiss, a talented Dutch artist, has designed a series of beautiful lights made from recycled food and drink packaging. Enjoy!

Packaging lights show the transformation of a mass-product into a unique item. The packaging survives the point where it usually turns into garbage and becomes a product itself. LINK

Flexible Furniture

(YouTube Link)

FlexibleLove is the creation of Chishen Chiu, a Taiwanese furniture designer. Its honeycomb structure made from recycled materials allows users to expand, shrink, and reshape it as needed. It’s like a Slinky that you can sit on.

Official Website, Via: Make, Via: Neatorama

Top 12 Cardboard Artists

“Cardboard is a mundane material, so often cast off and thrown away or recycled – but these 12 artists have transformed it into objects that are anything but disposable. From expressive little faces made of toilet paper tubes to an entire cardboard city, these works of art range from temporary installations to durable sculptures that are imaginative and eco-friendly.” LINK

Abandoned bowling alley becomes furniture

An abandoned bowling alley finds a second life in this beautiful series of furniture by LA-based designer/woodworker William Stranger. Crafted from reclaimed strips of wood salvaged from a local defunct Tava Lanes Bowling alley, the collection springs to life in a variety of forms including a series of wall hangings and a low coffee table. LINK: Boingboing

Recycled Bowling Lane Furniture is Right up Our Alley

Recycled Toy Sculpture

By UK based Artist Robert Bradford -LINK, More Info & pics HERE

Recycled Treasures Converted Into Inspired Art

“Wait - before you toss that into the garbage, can it be recycled? Many things obviously can in traditional ways, but an artist often sees beyond the obvious. With a creative eye and artful touch, art can be created with nearly any medium. Innovative artists can transform what you might consider trash into amazing art.”

Glass Bottle Ceiling

“The store’s ceiling is crafted entirely out of recycled bottles, precisely arranged in a wave pattern. Who said green had to be dowdy?” w/ photos. LINK

Bizarre Furniture Made From Recycled Materials

The four above are: light made from old fluorescent light tubes by Castor Canadensis design collective, a Lamponi lamp made from an old iron, a shopping cart chair by reestore, and a bicycle wheel table by Andrew Gregg.

Check out the full list here: Link, Via: Neatorama