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Going with the FLOW: Bendy Straws As Fashion Accessories

Going with the FLOW: Bendy Straws As Fashion Accessories

Now, a designer bringing back the grass straw would really be something to report on, but until then, we can thank designer Linda Schailon for a creative method that turns used straws into fashion accessories.

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Pretty In Plastic: Kellybeth Makes Recycling A Fashion Statement

Pretty In Plastic: Kellybeth Makes Recycling A Fashion Statement

As much as you hate them, you’ve probably got credit cards sitting in your purse or wallet right now. And we all know that gift cards have become the easy and practical present for holidays, birthdays, and every celebration in between. But what happens to those pesky little pieces of plastic after they no longer [...]

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Craft Recycled: Brooke and Ben’s DIY Wedding

Craft Recycled: Brooke and Ben’s DIY Wedding

Weddings in the U.S. produce, on average, 63 tons of CO2 and 400-600 pounds of trash. That’s for one wedding! With over 2.5 million weddings per year in this country, that adds up to a crazy amount of pollution and waste. When Brooke and her fiance Ben got engaged, they knew they wanted no [...]

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Snazzy Recycled Record Moustache Necklace

Snazzy Recycled Record Moustache Necklace

“This necklace will help you sniff out the clues.” Made from recycled vinyl audio records, Tresija’s makes all sorts of interesting jewelry using recycled records as their medium.

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MANA Recycled Jewelry

MANA Recycled Jewelry

Brazilian designer, Mana Bernades works with teenagers and students in Brazil teaching jewelry making and creative re-use. She sees luxury in seemingly unusable materials using mini-flasks, PET bottles, phone cards, toothpicks, hair clips, plastic netting, pearls & silver to create unique, modern jewelry crafted by hand. By using recycled materials, the Mana collection demonstrates [...]

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Etsy Find: MapleXO Recycled Skateboard Jewelry

Etsy Find: MapleXO Recycled Skateboard Jewelry

MapleXO wants you to “Save a landfill” by wearing some of their chic recycled skateboard jewelry.  The make bracelets and earrings out of recycled skateboards.  They don’t add any paint to the jewelry, all the markings are from the original decks, making each piece unique and reducing consumption… So wear something that has feeble grinded a [...]

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Reclaimed Eco-Gold and Silver by Toby Pomeroy

Reclaimed Eco-Gold and Silver by Toby Pomeroy

Toby Pomeroy was raised in the foothills of the Himalayas and has been fueled since by the artists he knew there to create “nature-infused” jewelry that is beautiful, diverse, and sustainable. Typical metal mining relies on extremely harsh and damaging methods to recover miniscule amounts of precious product from huge swaths of land (usually [...]

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Responsible Jewelry on Mother’s Day

Responsible Jewelry on Mother’s Day

Upgrade If your mother is the Jewelry type there’s a number of responsible jewelry options that will satisfy any tastes. Here are just a few…

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Beautiful, Innovative, Eco-friendly Jewelry - BATUCADA

Beautiful, Innovative, Eco-friendly Jewelry - BATUCADA

Upgrade: $20+ I’ve never seen anything like this beautifully unique jewelry from BATUCADA.  Each piece is made from their own “Eco-plastic” which is basically an synthetic rubber made from eco-friendly certified components.  They come together to create this tough but flexible material that silkily forms to the contours of your body.  Because of their [...]

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