3 ways to make recycled fashion accessories with simple straws

Recycling discarded straws into impressive fashion accessories always attracts the attention of today’s young people. lassho.edu.vn suggests to you unique ideas to recycle straws into simple accessories that no one thought of.

Top 3 ways to make recycled fashion accessories with straws

Recycling straws into super simple bracelets

Recycle using straws into bracelets

Peel off the straw and connect it together to make a bracelet

Preparation tools: Pencil sharpener, colorful straws..

Doing:

Step 1 You insert the straw into the pencil sharpener, then gently make the straw into a spiral.

Step 2 After that, you just need to thread the two ends of the straw together to complete the beautiful bracelet.

Recycle using straws into slippers

Straw sandals in 7 colors

Preparation tools: Plastic straws, scissors, cardboard, candle glue gun

Doing:

Step 1 First, you draw your foot size on the cardboard, then you cut out the shoe part.

Make shoe soles out of cardboard

Step 2 Use a glue gun to glue each suction cup onto the cardboard base, arranging the most colorful star plastic straws.

Add more straps to make a pair of gentle slippers

Step 3 Wait for the glue to dry completely, then take the scissors to trim along the sole of the shoe. Do the same with the shoe strap. Finally, you glue the shoelaces to the soles of the shoes, fixed and complete the sandals.

Recycle using straws into necklaces

Super strange necklace made from straws

Preparation tools: Colorful straws, scissors, connecting ropes, small chain hooks

Doing:

Step 1 Use scissors to cut each part of the straw, trim the tip of the tube. so that the head is larger than the tail.

Step 2 You use a small chain hook to hook the end of each trimmed straw, use a thread to thread it through to complete the handmade necklace with this straw.

Questions about recycling straws

Why recycle straws?

Straws made of polypropylene and polystyrene are durable and difficult to decompose, which creates a danger to the natural environment, especially the marine environment. An estimated 8.3 billion straws pollute the oceans, in Vietnam alone, plastic straws are considered common waste, accounting for nearly 200% each year.

With such a large amount of straws discharged, it affects the life and lives of sea creatures

With such a large amount of straws discharged, it affects the life and lives of sea creatures such as sea turtles . Therefore, in order to prevent as well as limit the waste of plastic straws in nature, the recycling of plastic straws is urgent.

Currently, there are many brands launching recycled straw products such as metal straws, rice straws, paper straws, bagasse straws, etc.

What is the process of recycling straws?

There are many dealers and scrap shops to supply recycling plants

Currently, there are many dealers and scrap shops to provide recycling plants, which are sources of recycled materials that save a lot of time and costs, bringing economic benefits. The recycling process goes as follows:

• Customers contact the waste collection facility via phone number/website.
• After that, the scrap purchasing facility will contact the customer, exchange the status of the scrap, or have a staff member come to inspect and negotiate the price.
• Next, the purchasing facility will collect the scrap, pay the cost to the customer, and then transport it to the factory to sort, crush and recycle the scrap.

Above are ways to recycle straws into recycled straw fashion accessories. Hope this article will give you more useful and interesting information.

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