Fantastic Recycled Plastic


Book Description

Plastic is fantastic to craft withand these imaginative, whimsical creations are out of the ordinary! From colorful canine silhouette pins and magnets and a holiday snowflake decoration to marvelous masks, they turn recycling into art.Organized by level of difficulty, the items range from simple creations even a schoolchild can do to a fanciful, rolling biplane and a slithering, jointed serpent stuffed with lids and caps. All the necessary techniquescutting, shaping, fastening, heat-forming, making tabsunfold in step-by-step photos, along with clear, comprehensive instructions. Sidebars provide extra information on plastics, recycling, and more. Plus there s a gallery of innovative international work by professional artists to inspire you.What a great way to get creativewhile saving the earth, too! "




Eco Books


Book Description

A collection of projects and ideas for making books out of common everyday items normally placed in the recycle bin.




Buy Recycled Training Manual


Book Description

This teaching text discusses the details of full loop recycling. Covers the special topics that buyers & purchasing agents must face before they will become committed to buying recycled in an effort to help everyone understand the problems of perception that must be overcome. Also provides information on where to purchase recycled products & gives tips about getting to know the products. Discusses how to create the demand for recycled products. Illustrated.




Recycle this Book


Book Description

With essays from renowned children’s book authors such as Ann Brashares, Jeanne DuPrau, Caroline B. Cooney, Laurie Halse Anderson, Bruce Coville, Gennifer Choldenko, and over 100 others, each piece is an informative and inspiring call to kids of all ages to understand what’s happening to the environment, and to take action in saving our world. Helpful tips and facts are interspersed throughout. This book will be a great classroom tool to teach young readers how they can help to make the Earth a greener place.




Re-Bound


Book Description

A DIY book making guide that repurposes easily-found items into handcrafted books, perfect for gift giving. Re-Bound is a beautiful book on bookbinding with a fun green twist—all the projects use recycled and upcycled materials. This book shows you how to take everyday materials from around the house, flea markets, thrift stores, and hardware stores and turn them into clever and eye-catching hand-made books.




One Plastic Bag


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In Njau, Gambia, discarded plastic bags littered the roads. Water pooled in them, bringing mosquitoes and disease. But Isatou Ceesay found a way to recycle the bags and transform her community. An inspirational true story.




Trash-to-treasure Papermaking


Book Description

Provides instructions on making paper, offers tips on everything from proper technique to troubleshooting problems with finished paper, and includes directions for dozens of projects.




The Magic School Bus Gets Recycled


Book Description

Ms. Frizzle's class is holding a recycling drive. But when Phoebe loses her necklace, the kids hop on the bus to track it down.




Rally for Recycling


Book Description

Earth has a trash problem. How can you help? Join Tyler in learning about recycling. Find out what happens to things when they are recycled. Do your part to be a planet protector! Discover how to reduce, reuse, recycle, and more with Tyler and Trina in the Planet Protectors series, part of the Cloverleaf BooksTM collection. These nonfiction picture books feature kid-friendly text and illustrations to make learning fun!




Recycled Crafts Box


Book Description

Discusses recycling and provides information and instructions for making art projects from a variety of recycled materials.