Upcycle water jugs

This is a guide about uses for water cooler bottles. Water bottles can be recycled in many creative ways.

How to turn a jug into decorative pot

My Mothers Day gift I made from an old plastic water jug

When you repurpose plastic milk jugs into useful objects, you save money and the environment. Read our lists of the best repurposing DIY ideas!

Upcycling and repurposing milk jugs. Not only will you stop throwing away your daily/weekly milk jug, you'll probably start having friends and family save them for you.

We've rounded up several ways you can reuse plastic jugs and bottles. And the best part, these super-resourceful ideas don’t cost a thing!

Skip the recycling bin with one of these 10 uses for plastic milk jugs. Repurpose or upcycle that empty jug and put it to work!

Even better than recycling, keep plastic bottles and use them to help plants grow.

Painted 5 gallon water jug...mine isn't 5 gallons nor does it look LIKE this, but it will be painted to look like a tree stump.

Make a Self-watering Planter Using Recycled Materials on the Cheap: the intro My office manager buys jugs of water from Safeway for our water cooler. Later I found out that these particular jugs have no deposit on those water jugs, so they're just getting thrown out instead of being reused. I thought th…

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Are you throwing empty milk jugs into the recycling bin? DON'T! Here are a few ways to reuse plastic milk jugs, save money, and reduce your carbon footprint

Teach your kids to respect the environment, recycle, and upcycle with this collection of 24 milk jug crafts for kids of all ages!

I am so busy decorating my patio for Summer, I just can't wait to fix everything up the way I

Make a Self-watering Planter Using Recycled Materials on the Cheap: the intro My office manager buys jugs of water from Safeway for our water cooler. Later I found out that these particular jugs have no deposit on those water jugs, so they're just getting thrown out instead of being reused. I thought th…

Welcome to Bucolic Bushwick. Here you'll find advice on rooftop vegetable gardening, as well as several plans for DIY self watering planters. Please share this page with others and help spread the vegetable gardening movement. Here is my jumbo version of a soda bottle self watering container. Start out with one 5 gallon water cooler bottle, preferably one without a built-in handle. Drill holes for soil aeration along the sloping side of the bottle and along the spout. Cut the bottle into 2…

Most of us get a lot of plastic milk jugs. Try these tips for recycling plastic milk jugs and saving money using what you have instead of buying more stuff!