The world needs your inspiration!

We are compiling a database from all around the world of ways in which different people are reusing discarded and salvaged materials and reducing landfill. These ideas are being converted into a comprehensive book “retrash” which will categorically list all of the different materials that have been given a second life and turned into something of value.

Whether it’s plastic bottles, car tyres, windows, park benches, computers or paper clips – whatever it is, we want to hear your ideas on how we can upcycle globally. 

Please fill out the form below with as much information as possible about how you're reusing materials so that we may educate the world for the better. Send through as many ideas as you like!

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Jody Wickel

www.etsy.com/shop/BrinandNohl

I design down-to-earth housewares, using reclaimed coffee sacks, upcycled canvas, and upcycled vintage blankets. Creating and designing through recycling empowers me and helps teach my children the importance of protecting our environment, limiting waste, and using what is already out there. Reclaiming different items and changing them into something completely different keeps my imagination going. Reclaiming, reimagining. I love it.
 
Where do you source your coffee sacks?
My coffee sacks are given to me by a local coffee grower. He resides in Oklahoma part time and also has a farm in El Salvador. He gifts the sacks to me for upcycling and also donates sacks to the local homeless shelter. People use the sacks to store their belongings. 
 
Where do you find your inspiration? 
My inspiration varies from my children, nature, all the way to the media. 
 
Do you see your work influencing others?
Absolutely, I hope my children see what their parents do to protect our resources in order to sustain the earth for future generations. The smallest of changes can have a lasting impression.