
Lessons from 100 Podcasts
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This is the 101st episode of the Trashmagination podcast, so I’ll take a moment to talk about what I have learned from making 100 podcast episodes on creative reuse.
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The Next 99 Trashmagination Episodes
If you know about artists who use these materials, or you have made something cool from them, let me know!
- Aluminum cans & pop tabs
- Animals which reuse
- Baby Wipe Boxes
- Beads from recycled materials
- Bedsheets & Duvet Covers
- Beer grains & Bread
- Birthday party activities
- Blankets
- Board Games & Pieces
- Bowling balls & lanes
- Brushes and Brooms (including paint brushes)
- Candy pouches
- Cardboard large sculptures
- Ceiling Fans
- Christmas Traditions
- Clothing Fabric Labels
- Coaxial Cable / Wire
- Comics
- Creative reuse workshops run by refugees
- Crystal Light containers
- Cutlery / Silverware / Utensils – plastic & metal
- Dog & cat sculptures from recycled materials
- Doors & windows
- Dryer Lint
- Event planning – how to creatively reuse at events like weddings
- Eye glasses & contacts packaging
- Fairy Gardens
- Fish Skin & Bones
- Fixer’s Collectives / Repair Cafes / Tool & Toy Libraries
- Flooring samples & leftovers
- Flowers from recycled materials
- Foam Mattresses
- Garden & fire hoses
- Gift & credit cards (expired)
- Glitter & alternatives
- Graffiti, Dried Paint & Spray Paint Cans
- Hair, Fur & Teeth
- Hangers
- Hardware – Nails, nuts, bolts & screws
- Headphones / earphones
- Health concerns of creatively reusing certain materials
- Helpful tools for creative reuse enthusiasts
- Hockey gear
- Holiday Lights
- Hotels that creatively reuse
- Inflatables / Beach Toys / Body Boards / Lifejackets
- Insects or fish from recycled materials
- Junk mail & envelopes
- Keys & locks
- Kinetic or automata art
- Leather (belt, couches, coats)
- Leaves
- Letters & stamps
- License plates
- Lottery tickets
- LOVEwork signs from recycled materials
- Magazines
- Metal bottle caps
- Military items – Uniforms & ammunition
- Mittens & Gloves
- Movie film / Negatives
- Neoprene / Wetsuits
- Nut shells
- Packaging designed from the start to be easily creatively reused
- Panty Hose / Nylons / Stockings
- Plastic mesh bags (the kind from vegetables)
- Plastic shredding machines
- Plastic soda bottles (2 liter)
- Toothbrushes & toothpaste tubes
- Postcards
- Puppet making
- Rubber gloves & bands
- Sails and Buoys
- Saris
- Science lessons that involve creative reuse
- Seat Belts
- Six-Pack Rings
- Slides & carousels
- Spools
- Steel Drums / Barrels
- Styrofoam
- Swim Caps & Bathing Suits
- Tetrapaks
- Tins (including Altoid tins)
- Tires
- Twist Ties
- Umbrellas
- Vehicle parts (planes, trains, cars, motorcycles)
- Venetian blinds
- Visible mending & stitching meditation
- Watch Parts
- Wax (Babybel, candles)
- Wooden craft sticks (Popsicle sticks)
- Yarn bombing & community murals
- Yoga mat
Episodes Mentioned in this Show
- 16 – Creative Reuse of Stuffed Toys
- 17 – Creative Reuse Business District
- 44 – Musical Instruments made from Recycled Materials
- 84 – Artist Residencies at Landfills
- 97 – Toilet Paper Tubes