An artist from the Pacific Northwest is raising awareness of plastic ocean waste while simultaneously doing her part to reduce its numbers.

What do bike chains, eyeglasses, coffee stirrers and beer bottles have in common? They’re wonderful raw materials for chandeliers. Hard to imagine? Seeing is believing.

Steampunk spiders are born when old watch parts, copper bits and brass wire are turned into stunning, creepy works of art!

Ghost of a Dream’s “Easy Money” series uses recycled materials to create large-scale objects and scenarios that explore our innermost drives and desires.

Graffiti artists, take note: Really cool stuff can be made from old spray cans! The objects shown here are both functional and stylish! Shout-outs to the makers!

The beds, marketed by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Lane County, are made from recycled mattresses.

To throw away or not to throw away? Givmo erases any guilt with its eco-friendly online marketplace aimed at making one man’s junk another man’s treasure.

Nature 2.0 is where our environment merges with technology. Kasey McMahon turns discarded animal parts and techno junk into Robocritters — funny, strange, thought-provoking artworks.

Created from hundreds of ordinary dice, these portraits manage to capture each movie star’s characteristics beautifully. Dicey repurposing this most certainly is not!

Outside their original context, old bullets and reclaimed gun parts can become fashion items, coming with a message that hits the target — and goes beyond just recycling.