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The Straw Collection

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Megan Davies
The Straw Collection

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Make-it-Yourself

Category

Lighting

Waste Materials

Straws and Glasses

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It is estimated that we are served over 500 million drinks with straws daily, meaning 500 million straws are throw away!
For this project I have collected straws from coffee shops Starbucks and Costa and turned them into products that these types of companies could potentially use in there shop to encourage not only recycling of this waste but upcycling, to create lighting, sugar pots, menu stands and even coasters.
Here are examples of lights that could be made.
  • Set of 3 Lights using discarded Starbucks Straws

    Set of 3 Lights using discarded Starbucks Straws

  • Set of 3 Lights using discarded Starbucks Straws

    Set of 3 Lights using discarded Starbucks Straws

  • Set of 3 lights using discarded Costa Straws

    Set of 3 lights using discarded Costa Straws

  • Set of 3 lights using discarded Costa Straws

    Set of 3 lights using discarded Costa Straws

  • Example of Sugar pot and coaster using Costa Straws

    Example of Sugar pot and coaster using Costa Straws

Materials & Equipment List

-A collection of Straws from Starbucks and Costa
-Scissors
-Wire
-Iron/Heat Press
-Grease proof paper

Making Instructions (Login to see the full instructions)

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To make one of the lights at home, first collect straws and cut up in the shape you want
put all the cut up pieces in a rectangle using a guide
put grease proof paper on top and apply heating using an iron
once cooled, peel the paper off and your left with a sheet of fused straws. roll it around a light fixing and attach each end using wire.
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Megan Davies

Nottingham

United Kingdom

Second year product design student at Nottingham Trent University. [email protected]

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