Margaret from Salvation Sacks

Margaret’s bags are works of art. They are handmade from recycled/vintage clothing and belts and accented with fabric remnants and costume jewelry. They are built to last and they are VERY high quality. You will enjoy using this bag for years to come. Purchase quickly, because since each bag is unique, once it’s gone …it is truly gone!

Prices vary $145.00 – $165.00 at Salvation Sacks

Jim from Retrofit Designs

Jim’s work is eco-friendly and artistic. He painstakingly sifts through thrift store shirts to find the perfect specimens for his transformations. He hand silk screens his designs on top of existing designs with eco friendly water based inks. The results are keeping things out of the landfill and putting you in a one-of-kind eco-friendly look.

Prices vary $24.00 – $32.00 at Retrofit Designs

For more info on Zero Waste San Diego, check out their website at http://www.zerowastesandiego.org/

Crazy fun cocktail rings created in Chicago by re-using old pieces of jewelry. The detailed stitching and embroidery tricks along with layers of threads and the occasional bead are awe inspiring. For the girl who eschews diamonds, check out these one-of-a-kind, eco-friendly, colorful rings!
$25.00 at Recycled Rings

Bedrock Industries, located in Seattle Washington, have built their business on selling products that are 100% recycled. They have a large selection of tile and tumbled glass for use in your home or garden. The company is proud to claim that they have literally recycled hundreds of tons of material destined for the landfill. A great example of a for-profit business demonstrating that creative recycling can be beautiful, fun and profitable. Three cheers for Bedrock Industries!
Prices range from $32.00 to $95.00 depending on size and complexity at Bedrock Industries

Created by Esty artist, Emily Kircher, these rugs are fantastic! Created from yarn, hand-cut from salvaged fabric. This pink eco beauty was created from thrift store finds such as a fleece shirt, velour pants, a bathrobe, and a pink sheet…all washed and put into strips before being used to crochet this rug.

Sizes and colors vary …prices range from $30.00 to %50.00 at Ekra’s Etsy Shop

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