{"id":2840,"date":"2012-06-08T10:56:16","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T15:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/?p=2840"},"modified":"2014-04-23T10:17:04","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T15:17:04","slug":"package-repurpose-ideas-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/?p=2840","title":{"rendered":"Package Repurpose Ideas II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following our <a title=\"http:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/?p=2724\">previous article<\/a> about package <em>repurposing<\/em>, here are some additional ideas. Check these out.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/40436344\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"http:\/\/hygienna.myshopify.com\/collections\/frontpage\/products\/hygienna-solo-pink\" href=\"http:\/\/hygienna.myshopify.com\/collections\/frontpage\/products\/hygienna-solo-pink\">hygienna<\/a> creates a portable bidet out of PET bottles, and is available in <a title=\"http:\/\/hygienna.myshopify.com\/collections\/frontpage\" href=\"http:\/\/hygienna.myshopify.com\/collections\/frontpage\">teal or pink<\/a> for $9.99.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Similar to using a beer can as we covered in our <a title=\"http:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/?p=2724\">our previous article<\/a>, there is the idea about using an empty coffee can as a <a title=\"http:\/\/blog.jgc.org\/2012\/02\/long-range-wifi-antenna-from-illy.html\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.jgc.org\/2012\/02\/long-range-wifi-antenna-from-illy.html\">wifi antenna<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/skruben.blogspot.com\/2012\/03\/how-to-self-watering-seed-starter-pots.html\" href=\"http:\/\/skruben.blogspot.com\/2012\/03\/how-to-self-watering-seed-starter-pots.html\">Self-watering plants using a PET bottle<\/a> is a novel idea that is certainly worth the effort. Not only this idea repurposes a PET bottle, it also solves an age old problem in a very neat way. An alternate approach for a <a title=\"http:\/\/www.providentliving.org.nz\/gardening\/bottle-drip-irrigation\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.providentliving.org.nz\/gardening\/bottle-drip-irrigation\/\">PET bottle repurposed for irrigation<\/a> is shown here.<\/p>\n<p>We have seen recycling packages for art previously, but building <a title=\"http:\/\/inhabitat.com\/pop-culture-is-a-colorful-canopy-made-of-100s-of-recycled-bottles-in-nebraska\/pop-culture-garth-britzman-5\/\" href=\"http:\/\/inhabitat.com\/pop-culture-is-a-colorful-canopy-made-of-100s-of-recycled-bottles-in-nebraska\/pop-culture-garth-britzman-5\/\">a colorful carport<\/a> roof out of PET bottles is a new idea.<\/p>\n<p>Then there is the <a title=\"http:\/\/makeprojects.com\/Project\/Soda-Bottle-Safety-Goggles\/2179\/1#.T9IYLo6uEQg\" href=\"http:\/\/makeprojects.com\/Project\/Soda-Bottle-Safety-Goggles\/2179\/1#.T9IYLo6uEQg\">safety glasses from a PET bottle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, there is the <a title=\"http:\/\/sisterswithaprons.blogspot.ca\/2012\/02\/this-is-not-about-food.html\" href=\"http:\/\/sisterswithaprons.blogspot.ca\/2012\/02\/this-is-not-about-food.html\">toothpaste dispenser<\/a> made out of a hand-soap dispenser.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a92012 PackageRepublic.com. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-7338556709983307\";\n\/* ArticleBanner *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"0441375625\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following our previous article about package repurposing, here are some additional ideas. Check these out. The hygienna creates a portable bidet out of PET bottles, and is available in teal or pink for $9.99.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[203],"tags":[216,218,217],"class_list":["post-2840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-repurpose","tag-hygienna","tag-watering-plants","tag-wifi-antenna"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2840"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3293,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2840\/revisions\/3293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagerepublic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}