One journalist traveling in Spain, constantly amazed. Wherever he comes, in any Spanish house he easily discovered a glass vase with plastic lids. Of course, this is not the only oddity that a man was notified in the domestic habits of the Spaniards, so the tradition to collect caps caused something to be akin to the linen ... He did not even ask, why the owners needed to collect this garbage.
Once he saw a huge container in front of the entrance to the supermarket, where everyone threw plastic caps from bottles. The impact turned out to be amazing! A photograph of a seven-year-old baby hung nearby. It turns out that she needed a heart surgery worth 90 thousand euros. When the parents of the girls asked for helping the whole country during the television transfer, a large plastic processing company responded. The corporation requested 200 tons of plastic covers, saying that in the event of a collection of this huge mass of plastic, it will definitely give money for treatment.
Boxes for collecting plastic covers were installed everywhere, and in a couple of months the Spaniard collected the right amount! This is yes ... people and now continue the collection of covers, many plastic processing companies have concluded transactions with charitable foundations, disabled assistance funds. Double miracle: not only the purification of the environment, but also help others!
In 2010, a truly wonderful event took place in Turkey. Students of the Istanbul Medical University collected and handed over to the lid scroll to make a wheelchair for the needy.
Ordinary plastic covers can become angel wings. How does the process of helping people in need? Plastic raw materials are going and rented in the processing company. The company pays for plastic raw materials and translates money to the account of the Fund for Help Disabled, Charitable Foundation, or the Assistance Fund victim during hostilities.
In Poland, they even make prostheses from a mixture of plastic and silicone. For a prosthesis, hands need about 500 thousand caps, for a prosthetic legs - up to 850 thousand lids. Of course, such prostheses are not like a miracle of technology, they are not controlled by means of thought. But with a plastic prosthesis, a person has almost no lame! With a prosthesis, a hand can help a healthy hand in performing daily action. Covers for such prostheses are collected by residents of Ukraine.
Of course, there are other examples of using plastic in everyday life, but about this method I wanted to tell first. By sure to learn whether there are such items of receiving plastic covers in your city. Bathing trifle: throw off the cover is not in the trash tank, but in a special container. But this elementary action can you help others!
From the covers you can make a lot of decorations for the house, decorating the yard with bright colors. If you have children, be sure to introduce them to work, as it inspires and stimulates imagination. If there is a question that make out of the lids, look at the photos.
Create colorful frescoes on a wall or fence, a beautiful mosaic in an artistic style, decorating the playground. Your children will be happy to take part in creating unique ornaments, collecting covers from bottles for creativity, and also learn to appreciate simple things.
The technique of creating wonderful jewelry is extremely simple: plastic covers, small screws or adhesive gun - everything you need to turn the house, fence or piece of plywood in a masterpiece.
The following photos Nikolai Petryakova which also creates paintings from plastic traffic jams (Bratsk, Irkutsk region)
Tatyana Odalina 61 Year Czech Republic. Decorated 14 meters of fence. The covers were collected all, familiar and relatives, for this she is very grateful to them! Chief Assistant - grandson Danila!
Another work of Tatiana Charnelina
No fence, not trouble, pensioner Soskenko Vladimir Aleksandrovich From the same traffic jams created the most beautiful balcony. Vladimir Aleksandrovich developed his installation technology: holes are made in a special device with a special device, and then with the help of wires are collected in a solid canvas.
Neighbors are also not lagging behind the pensioner.
Move the glass or plastic bottle in handmade decoration is, a kind of craft. We have new playful ideas for children and adults who help cheer the interior of your home and maintain our environment, creating charming solutions.
Corks for bottles They are excellent material for decorating walls, they can be used to make unique decorations for the door of your refrigerator, flower pots and much more.
A creative solution will decorate the kitchen wall in the working area, the so-called kitchen apron. Metal covers can be decorated with a countertop that will add a splash of color and the original design of objects of your furniture.
Corks for bottles are ideal for creating miniature candles that look elegant, unusual and interesting.
The improvement of the entrance was used: 3650 pcs. covers from plastic bottles, 3650 pcs. Nails, the week of employers of the entrance for 3 hours every day.
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