Unique Plastic Bag Crafts

Virginia Fleck is an artist that is creating beautiful mandalas and other items out of plastic bags. Below are a few of her mandalas. You can also see more at her website, Virginia Fleck

Don't think recycled plastic bags can be beautiful? Well, this wonderful Floral Necklace, created by Helle Jorgensen proves they can be.

To see more of Helle's work in plastic bags and tapestry wool and other media, check out her website at Gooseflesh

Angsty Teenage Ego Warriors is a group that Virginia Fleck works with. They create other beautiful art and accessories like the 2 hand bags and top below. You can read more about them and their cause at Angsty Teenage Eco Warriors. To see more of their creations, click More Angsty creations on Flickr

Check out these wonderful shoes made from plastic bags at Botas Dacca

It's amazing to me how these can be created from recycled plastic bags.

This nifty needle pad or post-it note pad is made completely from recycled plastic bags, styrofoam vegetable trays and fabric scraps taken from old clothing. What a great idea!

For complete instructions on how to create your own pads, click Art and Craft from Recycled Materials

Recycled plastic bags are used in composite lumber, new bags, pallets, containers, crates and pipes.

To recycle, simply take your dry, clean plastic bags to a recycling center which are located at retail stores and government municipal recycling centers. Many retailers and grocery stores (i.e. Safeway) have bins for recycling of plastic bags.

Click her to find a drop-off location by state: Recycling centers by State look-up.

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