Another upcycled tree made of 100 bikes, with their frames painted green and their wheels multicolored, in Sydney. Visit inspirationgreen.com to see a ton more great reuse eco Christmas trees!
Talk about a great reuse idea! Designers Reclaim Hurricane Debris for Furniture and Objects to Benefit Sandy Victims Come by the silent auction TODAY, Wednesday, Dec. 19 at Ligne Roset Soho, 155 Wooster Street from 7-9 p.m., bid on one-of-a-kind furniture and all for an AMAZING cause! Visit www.facebook.com/ReclaimNYC for more information! 
Can you guess what's the most recycled material in North America? Believe it or not, more of this material is recycled every year than paper, aluminum, plastic and glass combined! With a recycling rate of 92%, its... STEEL! Although steel is North America's most recycled material, we should keep up the good work. Progress can still be made! "Common household items that can be recycled include steel cans, packaging, appliances, cars and scrap metal." To learn more about steel recycling, visit the Steel Recycling Database, or to view the whole article from Earth911, click here. What started as only an idea for a community project, turned into full-on orchestra- made out of trash! Luis Szaran, director of Sonidos de la tierra, wanted to teach young people to play instruments. "This is going to be free, I want the poorest children to take part in this." However, once he began, he soon realized there was not nearly enough instruments for all the children interested. That's when he began looking to other options. While seeking how to build the instruments, it occurred to him and others to them to build them out of trash. Watch this inspirational video from Paraguay, South America to how how people lives are changed, one instrument at a time. -From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6rgkCUstaE "Building these instruments with garbage, we make music out of this. And to refine them to a level in which these instruments constantly sound good has been a process that has also taught the kids that things in life don't always happen immediately, that things don't just happen over night."  11 Reusable, radical Christmas trees From a spinning fiber optic tree, to a upside-down tree, to a cardboard tree, Web Ecoist gives many creative alternatives to the traditional Christmas tree. Check out some of these unusual alternatives here. Light bulbs made into tree ornaments and Christmas decorations! From Santa Claus to reindeer to these adorable penguins, it's amazing what a little paint can do! Check out Learning English-esl Recycled Xmas Bulb Decorations 1 and Recycled Xmas Bulb Decorations 2.
All ten of these ornament ideas from earth911 use materials you have lying around your house. Make your tree beautiful, Eco-friendly, and save money! What do you have to lose? 
This Spiderman table is made from all recycled car parts and end-of-life machinery. The Etsy shop Kreatworks in Bangkok, Thailand uses scrap metal to create many different things that are functional or art, or both, such as this table. This 1 1/2 feet tall and 3 1/2 feet wide, 110 pound table is for sale here. Take a look at Etsy's website for more pictures. 
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