How to Use Plastic Bottles

You can use plastic bottles in many different ways.

Plastic bottles are not biodegradable materials. Because a lot of plastic bottles are never recycled, much of the plastic waste ends up in landfills. According to Science Daily, if every U.S. household recycled one out of 10 plastic bottles, 200 million lbs. of plastic could be kept out of landfills every year. This is why it is important to reuse plastic bottles after emptying out the bottle's contents instead of simply disposing of it in the trash.

Things You'll Need

• Knife
• Soil
• Drill
• Spade

Instructions

1. Cut the top of the plastic bottle off using a knife. Fill the bottom half of the bottle with soil and plant flowers in it.

2. Cut off 1 inch from the bottom of the bottle. Place the bottle over plants you want to protect from snails, bugs or pests.

3. Drill three holes in the cap. Fill up the bottle with water. Turn the bottle upside down and push it in the soil near a plant's trunk to water the plant's roots directly.

4. Refill empty plastic bottles with tap water or bottled water from large containers. Take the water with you if go on a walk or a run.

5. Cut off the top of the plastic bottle. You can dig plastic bottles into the ground in a cemetery above a grave and place flowers in the bottle. Dig a deep enough hole in which you can place the bottle. Fill the bottle with water and place flowers in it.

6. Take the cap off the bottle. Use the bottle as a piggy bank and collect small change in it until you completely fill up the bottle. Take the change to the bank.

Tips & Warnings

• Recycle plastic bottles that you do not want to reuse.

References

• Science Daily: Turning Old Plastic Bottles Into Valuable Recycled Materials
• Curious Gardener: Recycling Used PET bottles
• Gomestic: 15 Ways to Recycle a Plastic Bottle in The Garden

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish