Fresh New Ways to Reinvent the Plastic Items in Your Recycling Bin
December 14, 2012
All kinds of plastic scrap can be repurposed into items for the home.
Elizah Leigh is an eco-inspired wordsmith capable of captivating readers in just the right manner to facilitate subliminal greenlightenment. If it hasn’t yet happened to you, dear reader, don’t worry... it soon will. She believes that walking on the green side of life isn’t so much about random actions like recycling household materials and eschewing bottled water as it really should be about committing to long-term lifestyle changes that naturally become effortless the more frequently they are practiced — and believe it or not, if you’re looking at the world through green-colored glasses, it’s never a chore.
Working as an eco-journalist for a number of online venues, including Ecorazzi, WebEcoist, WebUrbanist and Causecast, this self-confessed eager greenie and knowledge hound has become deeply entrenched in the world of green living and makes a conscious effort at all times to practice exactly what she preaches. Elizah feels that no one is an "expert" in this field as long as they continue to keep an open mind by acquiring new eco-feathers in their cap — something that she aspires to do with each new article that she authors.
Extremely passionate about greening perspectives as well as lifestyles one carefully selected word at a time, this eco-writer feels privileged to add the 1-800-RECYCLING audience to her increasingly expanding network of green-minded readers. When she’s not tweeting her ever-lovin’ greenie heart out or adding new eco-themed articles to her portfolio, she can be found frolicking outside or shooting the breeze with her menagerie of impossibly needy geriatric felines.
As for what Elizah hopes to bring to 1-800-RECYCLING? Believe it or not, she is convinced that we are all capable of carving out individual and collective legacies in which caring enough about what we do while we walk this earth ensures that future generations enjoy the same basic privileges that we currently do. Can collections of carefully crafted environmentally themed words help facilitate this lofty plan for eco-friendly ah-ha! inspiration? Stranger things have been done to honor Mother Nature. For now, that’s her eager greenie goal, and she’s definitely sticking to it.
December 14, 2012
All kinds of plastic scrap can be repurposed into items for the home.
December 3, 2012
Any old pillow can benefit from some recycled DIY inspiration.
November 30, 2012
Old textile materials can be recycled into eye-catching bedspreads.
November 23, 2012
A tired old stuffed animal can seek new favor as a plush, upcycled kid’s bag.
November 12, 2012
New York City exports roughly 12,000 tons of waste a day to other states. Build It Green NYC is trying to cut down on that number by reusing C&D materials.
November 8, 2012
Uniquely repurposed materials are made into high-style lighting devices.
October 19, 2012
The strange juxtaposition of flattened trash and classic portraiture combine in the Philadelphia artist’s unique take on recycled art.
October 16, 2012
Unwanted comic books add catchy and colorful recycled finishes to everyday accessories and décor.
October 11, 2012
Discarded cattle parts, from bones to hides, can be repurposed in a surprising number of ways.