From Zimbabwe, these animal scuptures are made from metal shavings. Available are an elephant, rhinoceros and a hippos. Amazing detail and craftsmanship.
$59.00 at Zanzibar Trading Co.

Great idea: collect post-use, single-use chopsticks from restaurants in China, thoroughly clean them, sanitize them at extremely high temperature and pressure, and use them to make a briefcase for Americans. Lined with tan or dark green hemp.
small 9×7, medium 12×8, large 16×9, depth is expandable
at Kwytza Kraft

For the eco friendly fashionista! Salvages sweaters are cut up and reconstructed into wonderfulness. Lots of small details (button on the neck, two-tone sleeves) make these one-of-kind creations truly unique.
$155.00 at Mod to Modern

As many as eight salvaged sweaters are deconstructed and recycled to make up one of these gorgeous creations. (that’s a little pocket in the back)
$175.00 at Mod to Modern

Recycled plastic shampoo bottles, washed up on beaches are hand cut by artist, Rebecca Crawford at Spacefruit. A portion of her profits go to Surfers Against Sewage.
£15.00 for the bracelet and £20.00 for the necklace at Spacefruit

Plastic shampoo bottles are picked up off of beaches and reused to make some fun colorful jewelry. Created by artist, Rebecca Crawford at Spacefruit. Any color can be requested!
£15.00 for the bracelet and £20.00 for the necklace at Spacefruit

According to Revolve, it takes over 100 years for a plastic bag to decompose in a landfill.

Things you can do today to stop using so many plastic bags:
1. only buying a couple of things? CARRY THEM IN YOUR HANDS
2. keep a stash of bags in your car so that whenever you decide to shop you can use your own bags.
3. put your produce directly into the grocery cart.
4. count how many bags come into your life in one week – then try to reduce the number every week.
5. recycle your plastic bags! only 5% of plastic bags get recycled in the US