Soda Bottle Planter

Since I have been on the topic of reducing and reusing over recycling, here is a way that I reuse products that most people recycle or throw in the trash. I don't drink soda, a lot of people don't, but we all know soda drinkers. I noticed some empty 2 liter plastic soda bottles in a family member's recycle bin, so I fished them out and made this:



I'm using the bottle as a planter. In this photo I am growing catnip, and in the other bottle I have I am growing parsley. Reusing this soda bottle negates the need to recycle it, thus saving energy. It also reduces the need to buy a new planter or pot, reducing the need to buy plastic, and thus saving energy that would be required to make the pot. My individual act saves energy on a very small scale, but the point is that by reducing and reusing we can decrease energy usage from recycling and the making of new products and as such we can decrease pollution output. Reducing and reusing causes chain reactions of goodness. We should do it more often.