City recycling programs have helped to reduce the amount of plastic waste making its way into landfills and the world's oceans, but a two-man team from France is providing a more direct approach.

Have you ever seen some of the beautiful recycled glass bottle designs we’ve featured on Inhabitat.com and wondered if you might be able to make your own? Now you too can make stunning and chic ...

For decades, the “reuse, reduce, recycle” mantra has taught us that the best way to dispose of plastic bottles is to toss them into a recycling bin — but French environmentalists Pavel and Ian think ...

You may think you’re doing the world some good by recycling plastic bottles – but a French pair of environmentalists has gone one better. Pavel and Ian, a pair of inventors from Versailles, have ...

During the last few holiday seasons you may have encountered some gifts made from recycled wine and beer bottles. We love this sort of thing on Inhabitat and have featured recycled bottle lamps, ...

This device could take your recycling game up a level. The Plastic Bottle Cutter slices bottles into strips which can be used for anything from DIY to arts and crafts. It was fully funded on ...

Today’s nomination for “That’s so clever, why didn’t I think of that?” is the simply named Plastic Bottle Cutter, a tool that turns discarded plastic bottles into usable rope. This “invention” is ...

Here's one for the DIY set. The Kinkajou bottle cutter allows you to turn your empty bottles into functional works of art. Candles, glasses, lamps, candleholders, lamps, planters, terrariums: what do ...

Before Ladd became a full-time artist, she was a parade performer at Disney World and an editor and prop stylist for Parenting magazine. Sure, you toss your plastic bottles into your recycling bin ...

Have you heard the alarming rumor that the plastic in your recycling bin will probably end up as trash? There's truth behind it, so why waste your old soda bottle when you can reuse it for something ...