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Products made from waste
  • Hipcycle is dedicated to turning odd waste into cool products for your home. This was once a bulldozer sprocket, but after reaching the end of its useful bulldozing life, it has been fashioned into a wine rack. It's not cheap - at $260 - but who else do you know who will have one?
  • These incredible chandeliers have been fashioned from bike parts - using an old wheel and used bike chains. They are all individually designed and sold as works of art, so they'll set you back $1650. It's an impressive sum of cash - but then again it's a pretty impressive-looking light too.
  • This tote bag is actually woven from old crisp packets. The manufacturer, Terracycle, has partnered with Frito-Lay in the US (who own Walkers). They arrange for people to send their old crisp packets into the company, where they fashion bags from the waste. The fact that this bag is silver is purely because the packets are inside out.
  • John Birdsong runs Recycled State in Florida, where he makes quirky things from recycled wood. One highlight of the range is the decorative shark made from old fences, and scrap plastic. He sells through etsy in the UK, and charges £17.81 per shark.
  • Who knew an old skateboard could have a new lease of life as a pair of earrings? Secondshot has a range of earrings made from old skateboards which they sell through etsy. These ones cost £6.99, and ship from California.
  • StudioORX makes steam punk lamps out of odds and ends. The studio in Tel Aviv has fashioned them from roller skates and irons, and has a selection of vintage pepper grinders turned into lamps too. This one costs around £64 from its etsy shop, and ships from Israel.
  • This summer, Coca-cola started a project called second lives. It involves a range of bottle top designs which turn used coke bottles into everything from water pistols and paint dispensers, to pencil sharpeners, bubble mixture holders, and water sprayers. It has given out thousands of packs of the tops in Vietnam and is rolling the project across Asia
  • The Geoartcrafts studio in Athens fashions clocks from vinyl records. You can take your pick from cityscapes of London, Tokyo or Chicago, and choose your hands - for £17.82. Sadly you can't pick the album
  • After diligent service as part of an upmarket antique silver cutlery set, this fork has been given a second life as a piece of jewellery. The Fork Whisperer makes a huge range of these in Michigan in the US, and sells to the UK through its etsy shop. The price depends on the complexity of the piece, but this one will cost you £19.08.
  • Rough South Home is the work of designer Clarke Titus in Atlanta. His items are all custom-made, and the pallet chair is his iconic offering. It's fashioned from an old wooden pallet, and is hand-made to order - which is why it'll take about six weeks for delivery, and cost $325.

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