This plastic bottle pencil case is stain-resistant, lightweight and easy to make. Instead of throwing away the water bottles, take trash and turn it into treasure.

Alternatively, you might use two different size water bottles to create a case that can slide open. This option keeps the tools completely inside the plastic, while other options allow handles or ...

If you have excess plastic bottles waiting to be recycled, these can come in handy to use around the home — here’s how.

Each learner received a pencil case made from a 500ml recycled PET plastic bottle. ALSO READ: Classrooms gutted in morning fire at Primrose school.