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Twist & Spout Brings New Uses to Plastic Bottles?

7 by Doug Gunzelmann on December 6, 2008

twist and spout

The Twist and Spout was created by a Swiss designer, Nicolas Le Moigne, and was featured at the Housewares Fair in Milan, Italy. It’s implications could mean an extended life for plastic bottles of any size with the standard screw top, but is it worth its production?

twist and spout

This may not be a groundbreaking concept but a quick and simple way to reduce the rate and scope of consumption and waste. The spout could be used for the obvious, such as watering the garden or perhaps attending to the family fish bowl. However, since this thing is made of plastic and aids in the consumption of plastic bottles (which the Twist and Spout requires for its function) does this really do the environment any good?

twist and spout

Although it seems pretty, and I’m sure it’s convenient, its value as an eco-friendly life extender to plastic bottles is far fetched. However, if you’re interested in buying one anyway they are sold here!

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  • Yiati

    Wow that is the biggest rip off ever… that is greed in its brightest form for you!!

  • http://greenupgrader.com Matt

    @Yiati

    You said… “that is greed in its brightest form for you!!”

    I’m not sure I understand what you are talking about. Can you explain what you mean?

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  • http://www.essentiadirect.com jason

    Cute, but the bottle alone works just as well. ;-)

  • http://swandiver.wordpress.com swandiver

    One of my biggest pet peeves with the “green” movement initially was that it required me to repurchase a lot of stuff. Most of the time these products are not even available in my working class neighborhood making the whole “buy local” think impractical. But when I do look around the area where I live, I do see a who lot of people buying soda and other bottled drinks.

    So, while not the greenest thing on the market today, it could serve as a good tool to get people who are normally preoccupied with other things like paying their rent a way to save money on future purchases and start thinking about consumption.

    But $8.00 for a piece of plastic that cost maybe fifty cents to produce is ridiculous. I’ll wait for them to hit the dollar store.

  • sudarshan

    i don know but to produce dis stuff itself is promoting for the
    usage of plastic…
    why don’t there should be some other ecofriendly material rather than plastic…….!!!

  • sudarshan

    i don know but to produce dis stuff itself is promoting for the
    usage of plastic…
    there should be some other ecofriendly material rather than plastic…….!!!