{"id":18464,"date":"2015-03-02T14:16:11","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T19:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=18464"},"modified":"2015-03-02T14:16:11","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T19:16:11","slug":"how-to-turn-plastic-bottles-into-twine-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/how-to-turn-plastic-bottles-into-twine-video\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Turn Plastic Bottles Into Twine [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a good greenie, I&#8217;d argue that plastic bottles are one of those things we should think about mostly in terms of &#8220;reduce&#8221; rather than the normal &#8220;recycle.&#8221; But I also use them: I generally don&#8217;t buy <a href=\"http:\/\/ecopreneurist.com\/2014\/03\/12\/bottled-water-plants-trees-creates-clean-energy\/\">bottled water<\/a> or soft drinks, but I can&#8217;t say &#8220;never,&#8221; either. And, of course, my pantry and fridge &#8211; probably much like yours &#8211; both have numerous items that comes in various plastic containers. The battle never ends&#8230; and <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2015\/01\/paper-plastic-bottles-environmental-win\/\">recycling them<\/a> is definitely preferable to sending them to a landfill.<\/p>\n<p>So, I was kind of fascinated by this video when I first saw it. Yes, the English in the subtitles is awful, and I&#8217;m still kind of unclear about how to make the Bottlecutter 2.0 shown, but I do kind of like the idea of reusing plastic bottles in this fashion. Depending on what you&#8217;re using the twine for, it strikes me as a longer-lasting solution than many of the products created from recycled plastics.<\/p>\n<p>So, can you better translate the instructions for building this device for us? I&#8217;m kind of stumped on that front. Or, if you just have other ideas for\u00a0using twine or ribbons extracted the bottles, do share&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/sploid.gizmodo.com\/genius-guy-transforms-plastic-bottles-into-super-streng-1593598551\">Sploid<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a good greenie, I&#8217;d argue that plastic bottles are one of those things we should think about mostly in terms of &#8220;reduce&#8221; rather than the normal &#8220;recycle.&#8221; But I&nbsp;[ &hellip; ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":18465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[7919,2943,478,7918,262,819],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Making Twine From Plastic Bottles [Video]<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This video shows how to make strong, durable twine from plastic bottles with a DIY cutter. 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