PET Bottle Purses: Put ‘em Back to Use

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Doug Gunzelmann in Clothes+Accessories, DIY

Plastic bottles are an enormous contributor to landfill waste taking nearly 700 years just to begin decomposition. We posted some plastic bottle “fun facts” a few weeks ago that puts their rampant use in perspective, such as 80% of plastic bottles aren’t recycled. Well this little guy was upcycled from two typical 20oz soda bottles with some simple stitching of a zipper between two cut bottle bottoms. This could be a hip green change purse, make up kit, condom case, or a carrier for all your psychiatric medication! Some variations include cutting a bottle lengthwise to create a clutch purse. Along those lines you could find a two liter bottles and make a larger pocket book. A simple DIY and sure to spark some conversation.

via Superuse

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bottle purse, pet, superuse, zipper

22 Responses to “ PET Bottle Purses: Put ‘em Back to Use ”

bimla

07. Sep, 2008

what a brillient idea to reuse the waste bottle.imyself use these bottles for growing indoor plants, after cutting the upper part of the bottles by hot knief.Again i use them by pouring waste leftover hot candle wax, i insert a thred in between the bottle with wax, then iuse to cut the bottle with hot knief,this makes a beautiful candle of bottle shape.

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Sarah

13. Sep, 2008

I *love* this! Not many ‘reuse’ projects have been very inspiring, but this is awesome!

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Hosting Reviews

15. Oct, 2008

That is actually pretty clever. A little clunky but what woman’s purse isn’t I guess.

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tommy

18. Oct, 2008

If you could automate the zipper application this could go many places. Especially with multiple bottles. Great idea. Thanks for posting.

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Suzanne

13. Nov, 2008

I knit and crochet and I know many people who use cleaned soda bottles for yarn caddies. They cut off the top of a bottle, put a skein of yarn inside, run the yarn through the neck and put the top back on the bottom. The zipper addition would be a great idea for keeping the top and bottom together. I may make a few for friends.

They smaller version would be great little keepers for needle arts supplies.

I was wondering if, rather than sewing the zipper to the inside of the seam, if it could be cemented to the outside. Since most zippers have nylon fabric, I think a good cement for plastics should work.

They would even be a neat way to store supplies in the trunk of the car since the bottle would take a good amount of banging around. Done with a separating zipper, the top could even be used as an emergency funnel.

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Karebear

09. Dec, 2008

so cool. i totally want to buy this as a gift!

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Rebekah

23. Dec, 2008

What website can you order these off of?

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Dale Kaup

27. Jan, 2009

I reuse soda bottles for coffee/milk/sugar slushies in the summer time. Just leave some space to shake it as it thaws…it’s pretty fantastic.

In the winter they are microwaveable for hot coffee..reuse each one 100 times or more.

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Jena Ardell

17. Feb, 2009

What a great idea!! The zipper needs to be reinforced somehow I bet…

Anyone try this yet?!

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esarina

06. Apr, 2009

Cool! The first thing that comes to my mind is that this kind of purse would be perfect for keeping a fruit protected in your bag! I’ll have to make myself one.

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riotyarn

17. Apr, 2009

plastic is truely fantastic!

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Mariale

31. May, 2009

me encanta esta idea q tuvieron completamente original y es una forma de ayudar a nuestro planeta los felicito yo la voy a poner en practica…

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Red68

22. Oct, 2009

I must have heard at least a hundred times. ,

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