Plastic Bottles

This summer, get your hands dirty in the best way possible — by building a vertical garden with used plastic bottles. It’s budget-friendly, planet-friendly, and a total vibe for your balcony or room.

When Mandeep Sangwan saw a lack of sustainability on his campus, he didn’t wait for change — he created it. ‘Green Dreams, ’ the first-ever eco club at Delhi School of Social Work, is inspiring students to build a greener campus by setting up two vertical gardens made out of plastic bottles.

Gardeners Chaudhary Ram Karan and Jayanti Vaidyanathan creatively transform recycled materials into thriving gardens, using items like plastic bottles, refrigerators, and bathtubs as planters.

Delhi-based Nikhil Kumar started Greenevon Bio Bottles, a startup that makes plastic-like items using sugarcane. Their products are biodegradable and decompose in 180 days.

Ramesh Bariya was once neck-deep in debt and forced to work as a daily wage labourer. This method helped him turn his life around.

What's more, this cool (literally!) bottle comes encased in jute pouches with extra padding to protect the bottle from any damage.

What's more, 40% of the power consumed to make these sustainable T-shirts came from wind and solar energy!

Here are 10 innovative ways in which you can help reuse/recycle plastic bottles in your household!

The couple had already been planning to buy a plot of land near Nanital, and saw this method of reusing plastic waste as a means to make a real difference.

8000 plastic bottles filled with plastic waste is required to make one such greenhouse. Now imagine the volumes of plastic bottles and waste that can be upcycled through this simple technique!