Upcycling PET bottles : Purses

Some plastic bottle fun facts that puts their rampant use into perspective:

• Plastic bottles take 700 years to begin composting
• 90% of the cost of bottled water is due to the bottle itself
  
• 80% of plastic bottles are not recycled
  
• 38 million plastic bottles go to the dump per year in America from bottled water (not including soda)
  
• 24 million gallons of oil are needed to produce a billion plastic bottles
  
• The average American consumes 167 bottles of water a year
  
• Bottling and shipping water is the least energy efficient method ever used to supply water
  
• Bottled water is the second most popular beverage in the United States

Here's a simple DIY where 2 typical soda bottles is upcycled to make a hip green purse or a carrier for little knicks-knacks. Found via Green Upgrader.