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Upcycling Projects

Can you turn recycling into a side hustle?

With the cost of living crisis still continuing to bite, more people are looking for an extra income. According to stats from Finder, almost half of British people have a side hustle to bring in extra cash. There’s dog walking, selling clothes online, and taking on a second job-but could you turn recycling into a side hustle?

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Dear Recycling Bins: Revamp Your Home

Welcome to our weekly advice column where we look at all things recycling and give you the answers you’re desperately seeking. This week we help a reader wanting to revamp their home...

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Dear Recycling Bins: New Year Upcycling

Welcome to our weekly advice column where we look at all things recycling and give you the answers you’re desperately seeking. This week we look into New Year upcycling...

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Give Your Old Furniture a New Lease of Life

Upcycling involves repurposing old or unwanted items and turning them into something more useful, in this case furniture.  You can turn your old worn out furniture into shabby chic wonders, just some simple tips can breath a new lease of life into your items.  

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Upcycling Projects to Try : Number 10 : Beach Bag

Our next mini project to try at home is a beach bag or grocery bag, easily made by just using an old cotton shirt.  With the plastic bag charge why not create a collection of stylish collection to do your regular grocery shop.  

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Upcycling Projects to Try : Number 9 : Bird Feeder

What makes being in the garden better than hearing the tweeting of the birds.  Do you have any spare plastic bottles lieing around in your kitchen or in your recycling, then why not try your hand at making your own bird feeder, a great idea to do with children to get them interested in upcycling.

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Upcycling Projects to Try : Number 8: Pusheen Cat

Every household has an odd sock bag for socks that mysertiously go missing, so rather than throw them out why not use them in different ways.  Old socks can be useful as old rags or can even be made into a DIY heatpack, or even better why not make them into a pusheen cat.

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Upcycling Projects to Try : Number 7 : Felt Easter Bunny

Despite Easter being done for another year, you could always start with some small upcycling projects for the following year, like these cute felt easter bunnies, and this is done by just recycling some of your old clothes.  

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Upcycling Projects to Try : Number 6 : Coffee Cans into Planters

With almost 5 billion aluminium cans sold each year in the UK and 42% recycled, there is a still a long way to go ensure cans do not end up in landfill, this weeks DIY project takes large coffee cans and turns them into stylish planters for your home.  

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Upcycling Projects to Try : Number 5 : Scrabble Fridge Magnets

Ever wanted to decorate your fridge with something different, these scrabble fridge magnets are simple and easy to make and make the fridge a place to leave messages or have a scrabble game with a difference.  Easily made with items from the craft shop with the exception of scrabble tiles which can be used from the game itself or if your really savvy you could make your own. 

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