Recycled Pull Tabs, Pop Tabs, Pop Tops ??
Pink and Sparkly up-cycled aluminum pop can tab purse.
$40.00 at Sarah Roemer’s Etys Store
This is for when you need something versatile!! Works equally well during the day or as an elegant evening bag. Hand crocheted with over 700 recycled aluminum pull-tabs. Nicely lined with one inside zip pockets. This bag is a screamer!
$95.00 at Escama
For the evening on the town, this will carry your bare essentials. The strap is quality faux leather. Free from animal cruelty while recycling 350 aluminum pop tabs.
$77.00 at Escama
For regular everyday, this may be the perfect sized bag. Not only made entirely of recycled materials but these eco-friendly bags are fair-trade and engage socially empowering business practices employing Brazilian craftswomen in the hand production of these bags. Each bag comes signed with a note from the artisan who made the bag.
$160.00 at Escama
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If you want to Recycle the Pull Tops in Your Life:
Interesting twist to donating pop tabs – there is a famous urban legend about donating pop tabs to provide kidney dialysis to those in need. The myth is busted here and here, but the Ronald McDonald House has taken advantage of the old legend by starting a real program to collect aluminum tabs. Click here for Ronald McDonald House donation details.
If you want to create something from recycled pop tops:
Instructions:
Purchase recycled pop tabs on Ebay here!
Inspiration:
if you want more instructions on MORE things to make with recycled pop tops.
Ebooks: Keeping Tabs – Amazing decorations made from aluminum can pull-tabs $10.75 at Aluminous PublishingBooks: Pop-topping Paperback By Pop-Top Terp and Kenneth Patton at Amazon
More Recycled Pop Tab Products to Purchase:
This original creation is from a Braziian artist,l Neide Ambrosio, who puts a bit more crochet in her poptop creations.
$129.95 at Novica.com
A backpack lets you keep your hands free to shop and carry the rest of your loads. Recycled pop tabs crocheted by hand with black thread. Fair trade with artists from Brazil.
$114.93 at Novica.com
This belt is very flexible and adjustable and oh so ecological. Made out of recycled pop tops.
$48.95 at Novica.com
Made from 22 hand-picked and polished soda can tabs and woven with silver or gold elastic and adorned with bead accents. Perfect accessory for you to make a very “green” statement.
$20.50 at Repurposed 4 You
Funky and fun a quick easy way to show the world where your ears are at when it comes to saving the earth and reusing a few of its resources.
$10.00 at Close the Loop
Colorful poptab purse made by Indie artist, Pop Top Lady. It has a colorful yellow cotton lining and closes with a magnetic snap.
$75.00 at PopTopLady’s Etsy Shop
Recycled pull tabs combined with recycled cowhide leather from discards from furniture makers makes a luxurious soft bracelet. Handmade and no two are alike. Your choice of many colors of leather.
$14.95 at Save the World Designs
January 10th, 2008 11:50
Wow! that’s a lot of info on pop tabs!
January 10th, 2008 16:52
What am amazing post! Thanks for all the info and inspiration Liz!!
January 14th, 2008 16:57
Thanks! this is a new thing I’m trying (longer posts with links to lots of tutorials)
We’ll see how it goes!
Liz
February 13th, 2008 15:05
I love anything which creatively recycles items which would otherwise end up in the landfill! In my clay work, I make clay pillow rattles and my “Fancy Feast” rattle features pull tabs from Fancy Feast cans mingled with beach glass – all hanging down from a rattle with a cat face impressed on the front. Go see for yourself at http://bhclaysmith.blogspot.com
April 6th, 2008 15:52
I have a lot of beer/pop tops will you pay me for them? Just looking for some scratch, being a college kid is tough. thanks.
April 23rd, 2008 10:38
Hey Beer man,
If you are looking to get rid of your beer/pop tops you can sell them on ebay….
Liz
May 15th, 2008 23:47
Wow, those are very creative. I would definitely not have the patience to save pop tabs let alone make something with them.
July 29th, 2008 01:18
Love your ideas on how to recycle pop tabs. Your creations are gorgeous!
August 2nd, 2008 13:12
wow I love those things you should see the things I make at home, and I am only 10. Anyway nice stuff!
August 23rd, 2008 03:49
I’ve been asking my friends to donate all their tabs to me. I’ve even went to the local can/bottle return centers and helped people return their cans for the price of their tabs.
I have frineds from all over mailing me their tabs.
On Facebook, I’ve started a group called ‘Tabs of Love’ for the purpose of making items for raffles at my local college and my main project: making a messanger bag for the woman I love, utilizing the colored tabs from energy drinks to make patterns, designs and lettering on it.
My current issues are the lack of tabs, even though so many people are helping me out on this, and a way to connect them. I figured that jump rings would probably work, but they are pretty hard to find when you’re a college student that doesn’t live near a craft store.
So if you could suggest anything about connecting the tabs, or other ways of collecting tabs, I would be very appreciative.
Thank you.
September 14th, 2008 15:29
i have a 3 foot box full of pop tabs. and i was wondering if they really give you a hundred dollars a milk jug. i weighed them on a scale and it said 40 pounds what should i do with the tabs. donate them try to sell them or what.
October 3rd, 2008 17:07
For as much soda as I drink, I have a gazillion of those things! Love the purses!!
December 11th, 2008 15:05
im sellin soda tops hit me up if you want them ceelos_07@yahoo.com
December 14th, 2008 00:04
I am also selling my collected tops.
E-mail me if you’d like them.
jdschei@ilstu.edu
December 18th, 2008 11:19
Does anyone have any of the colored tabs from the power drinks they would like to sell?
January 1st, 2009 21:49
Great ideas, but they are all womens items. We need to come up with more men’s pop top items, like a wallet or a tool belt or a baseball cap.
January 9th, 2009 20:36
i got like 3 or 4 20-litters full of pop tabs if u wanna buy? jus e-mail me
January 26th, 2009 18:33
i need 200 lbs. of pop tabs. How much would that cost me?
January 30th, 2009 17:49
Bryan I need all the pop tabs I can get. My email is agonz239@yahoo.com. How much do you want for the tabs you have?
February 17th, 2009 21:39
i love the bags they are awsome
March 5th, 2009 21:21
Hi, I have a friend who has 3lbs of aluminum tabs – please let me know if you would like to purchase them.
March 6th, 2009 03:10
i have alot of pop tabs and i was wondering how much i could get for them…
March 7th, 2009 03:52
What an amazing ideas!
This is great, thank you.
March 25th, 2009 17:14
I have a lot of extra pop tabs I would like to sell.
Please email me if interest smatour@gmail.com
March 26th, 2009 16:48
Have some interesting purses made from soda pull tabs and sell in my etsy and artfire shop. Also a few pattern crocheting with soda pull tabs available. Check it ou creationsbyingrid
April 7th, 2009 13:13
I have 13gal bag half full of these tops that I was saving for my daughter to turn in with her cans. she is saving for a horse. We took cans and tops to local scrap yard they will not accept cans tops unless they are attached to cans. If anyone would be interested in buying them email me tc_mickey@yahoo.com
May 5th, 2009 22:40
I am looking for aluminum pull tabs. If you have some please e-mail me at jujolosa@hotmail.com
thanks
May 6th, 2009 18:09
i got 10 bottles, 20-litters of pop tabs if u wanna buy just e-mail me.peruchoboy@yahoo.com
May 31st, 2009 00:10
i love those they are really cool.
i just need enough pop tabs for it i’v been trying to look online for some but nobody sells the colored ones like the energy drink tabs. so i was just wondering if you could give me an idea of were to go to get a bunch for cheap or whatever.
i wanna make a Mural on my wall.
please e-mail back. thank you.
Rae
June 2nd, 2009 16:50
wow this is auome how do u make those
July 10th, 2009 19:57
i need soda tabs if you could email me if you have any that would be great my email is greschorus@rocketmail.com
July 29th, 2009 12:04
Hey i Have about a gallon and a half of these i Have been trying to sell them Because i need the extra cash for my daughter.email me at butterflykiss_728@hotmail.com
August 5th, 2009 17:23
i love pop tabs ….hmmmmmm yummy lol
August 16th, 2009 19:57
hey were can i sell pop tabs?
August 30th, 2009 22:38
I would like to buy some pop tabs if anyone has some, i just need like 30 ish?
September 19th, 2009 21:35
i have tons of pop tabs..where can i sell them?
i need some extra cash..
September 20th, 2009 14:15
this is so awesome.i love the rings, me and my friends make necklaces out of “check” bottle tabs there colorfull so it look really kool
October 9th, 2009 22:51
hey i’m looking to buy 600+ soda can tabs please email me at da.nerd555@gmail.com if you’re interested in selling them
October 20th, 2009 19:44
wow .. that’s a LOT of pull tabs you need!
December 17th, 2009 14:03
Do you still have pop tops to sell? I am very interested. Please email kathyinvero@yahoo.com. What is your cost?
Kathy
December 23rd, 2009 16:39
OMG THAT IS ALOT OF TABS. Especialy the dress!
January 27th, 2010 00:18
Hi,I was wondering how much you will pay for 5 gallons of pop tops if i decided to sell to you.. if the price is good i will keep supplying you more. thanks