From artist, Nikola Semotánová beautifully crafted rings and bracelets from recycled plastics. Take ordinary plastic shampoo tops (which are not collected curbside) and create eco friendly low-impact rings and bracelets.
Check out her beautiful work at http://www.nikola-semotanova.net/

We’ve shown you a million things here on GreatGreenGoods made out of recycled records. But bringing a bit of earth saving beauty and sprucing up the office is something that the world needs!
$30.00 at ArtGallery18

View previously featured recycled record purses.

and jewelry created from recycled records.

and art created from recycled records.

Created from recycled flips flops, accented with metal studs put together on a recycled rubber inner tube. Allows you to put a little color in your bling with punk rock crossing new wave with a little earth goddess thrown in for good measure.
$30.00 at eco-artware.com

It’s that time of year again …back to school! Bring your lunch and save the landfills from nasty styrofoam take-out containers and save yourself a ton of money. Look fabulous with several earth friendly options from ReusableBags.com.
This eco-friendly recycled cotton lunch bag is made from pre-consumer cotton “table waste” clippings. These clippings are gathered from cut and sew facilities and would otherwise be hauled off to the landfill.

$5.95 at Reusable Bags
If you want a bag that will keep contents colder longer, check out this recycled PET lunch bag. 90% of this bag is made from post-consumer recycled plastic bottles and containers. Comes in 3 colors and has a 100% lifetime guarantee.

$9.95 at Reusable Bags
If you like to carry a REALLY Big lunch and colorful is your signature. This bag is made from recycled juic packs by a women’s cooperative in the Philippines.

$30.95 at Reusable Bags

According to East Coast Kitsch, the cardboard sleeves you put on your morning coffee cup can add up to 6-10 lbs. of paper waste a year! Wowser! ...much better to use one of these lovely eco-friendly unique and cool coffee cozys. Keep your paws from getting scorched while looking oh so earth saving chic! (Made from recycled sweaters)
$8.00 at East Coast Kitsch’s Etsy Shop

Love these Fair Trade handbags made from recycled newspaper and organic cotton. Created by a co-op of 32 women in Brazil. Ecoist are the folks that made the candy wrapper bag famous….their bags are great quality and fashionably earth friendly.
Prices vary from $129.00 to $249.00 at Ecoist

VivaTerra works with an artist who contacts can factories to take their misprints off their hands. You know the ones that are not quite the right color, or the registration is off, or the logo may not be exactly center. This artist then makes all kinds of wonderful eco friendly household objects. Flatware, lanterns, garbage cans, tea chests, magazine racks and watering cans. Check it out!
Various prices at VivaTerra.