These are pencils made from rolled up pieces of recycled newspapers instead of wood. You can even see the newspapers when you sharpen them. According to the Smencils website, it takes an entire cedar tree to make 172,000 pencils however it takes only 430 newspapers to make smencils. Guaranteed to continue to smell for 2 years after purchase, these smelly pencils are available in bubble gum, cherry, cinnamon, grape, pineapple, fruit punch, peppermint, water melon, root beer and orange.
$5.00 for a five pack and $10.00 for a ten pack at Smencils

Recycled earrings created from discarded aluminum cans. Design and color patterns and attention to details are the inspiration behind these well crafted adornments. True trash to treasure at its best.
$26.00 at Swift Jewelry Design

Created from ordinary aluminum cans, this New Hampshire artist handcrafts these beauties with a particular eye toward design and pattern repetition. They are reinforced with an industrial epoxy which results in a smooth surface and no sharp edges. Have you a favorite beverage or can? Custom work is available.
$33.00 at Swift Jewelry Design

It used to be a tire, now it is a funky artful container for your potted flowers. This can bring beauty to your backyard while, giving beauty to the planet by keeping one lousy tire out of the landfill just a little bit longer. Looks great!
Comes in two sizes: small i s$36.00 and large is $48.00 at eConscious Market

They say that two heads are better than one. However this head is made from 100% recycled glass. Don’t loose your head for this one!
$15.00 at Pier One Imports

stitch’T specializes in designing and manufacturing handmade t-shirt quilts created from recycled vintage t-shirts from around the world. Choose from the great designs on their site, all handmade or custom work is also available. If you secretly want to get rid of your husband’s heavy metal concert tees…just ship them off (25 shirts for a full size quilt) and voila! …he can have a blankee instead.
$300.00 for quilts shown, $450.00 for custom full size at stitch’T

Carry your stuff from where it is, to where you want it to be! Big and waterproof and virtually indestructible. Made from flexible 100% recycled polyethylene. Comes in red, blue or green.
$12.95 at Lehmans

Hard to believe that it was not that long ago that milk was delivered to your doorstep. In today’s modern time, this recycled glass milk bottle can be used over and over to hold water or kool aid type drinks. Anything to help reduce the amount of single serving plastic drink bottles this country consumes in record numbers!! It is available with matching glasses.
$7.95 for a bottle and $14.95 for a set of four glasses at Lehmans

This chair is a rocker …but you can only rock a “little”. So you can sit and be serious and lean back with out breaking the chair legs! It is created from surplus automotive seat belt material. I bet it will last forever! The wood is European beech and sustainably sourced from FSC certified forests and put together with eco friendly glues.
$446.00 at eConscious Maket

Created by hand from genuine white oak recycled wine barrels, each chair is branded with the winery’s original name. These comfy chairs work well inside or out, and only get better with age. Where have I heard that before?
Previously, $349.00 for a set of two chairs (or $199.00 for one chair) at Gaiam