How to Make: Recycled Bottle Bag

Generally, we know that amount of solid waste are increasing along with population growth. There are many action which is done in managing the solid waste (trash, rubbish, garbage). One of the ways in managing solid waste is 3R (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle). The primary aim of 3R is to decreasing the amount of solid waste in environment by reducing disposable product, reusing usable thing, and recycling into a new product. In this chance, I would like to share about my experience in recycling bottled water. I called it Bottle Bag, a recycled, simple, unique, and useful product. 

Figure 1. There are so many plastics waste (thesis research, 2014)

 Most of people are really like to buy bottled water. The usage of tumblr in society is still low. With a low of price, guarantee of hygiene, and cleanliness, people prefer to buy bottled water rather than bring form their house. The bottles which has been used are very easy to get. Point of view from the scavengers, bottles are very potentially to sale. They will collected by the scavengers and separated into some categories based on their type of material. Based on my research (Final Project), in a tourism place, plastic waste was the highest composition, and bottle is including in. 

Figure 2. Solid waste compotition in Eks Pelabuhan Buleleng (thesis research, 2014)

Bottles is made of particular plastic material and has their characteristics. Not all type of bottles can be used many times, some of them can be used only once. It is because of healthy reason. Disposable bottle is only can be used once because the constituent is easy to degradate and it is ver danger for human's health. For disposable bottle, there is a way to utilize them become a product.

So, this is it! How to make a recycled bottle bag?

Let's start!

1. Prepare the tools and materials

Tools        : Scissor, glue, rope, needle, cutter

Materials  : Bottles, flannel, ornaments

2. Wash the bottles

3. Cut the body of bottles according your creation into two parts

4. Unite both of them or with another part with zipper

5. Add the ornaments (rope, flannel, glitter, etc) to make it cool

6. Ready to use!

Figure 3. Here the result

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