When you finish a bottle of wine, do you throw it away? A famous animator has a great idea for recycling them into a beautiful, practical everyday piece. We’ll explain it to you.
Glass bottles are recyclable and that’s good news. In France, 77.9% of glass was recycled in 2017 according to ADEME, or more than 3 out of 4 bottles. But beyond recycling, the ideal remains not to simply throw them away and to find a new use for them. We often find ideas for transforming them into tealight holders or vases, but after making two or three of these objects, you can end up with too many similar and not really useful things.
This is where a famous presenter comes up with a much more original idea. Do you know Caroline Munoz? She’s the friendly decoration and garden columnist on BFM TV. She is always full of good ideas to beautify your interior or exterior spaces. It also has an ecological and practical approach, seeking to consume better while reducing waste. On her Instagram account, she often shares tips, and one of them particularly caught the attention of her subscribers. Caroline has found a clever way to transform glass bottles, a simple, effective and above all practical idea, which everyone can do easily.
The trick is surprisingly simple to perform and the result is both aesthetic and useful on a daily basis. In fact, it involves transforming an empty wine bottle into a pretty glass, an object that we use every day and of which we never have too much. To do this, simply take a piece of string, soak it in 90° alcohol, and wrap it around the bottle at the desired height for your future glass.
Next, you prepare a large bowl filled with cold water and ice cubes to create a thermal shock. Once the string is correctly positioned on the bottle, you light the wick, and when the flame goes out, you immediately immerse the bottle in ice water. At this point, you will see the bottle crack with a sharp crack.
This thermal shock process allows you to cut the bottle cleanly, giving you a smooth glass ready to use. All you have to do is polish the edge with sandpaper to remove the rough edges, and voila!
Not only do you get a nice glass from the bottle, but the remaining part of the bottle, with the neck, can also be used as a cloche to protect your plants from the cold in winter. It is a transformation that is both practical and eco-responsible, which gives new life to your empty bottles while beautifying your daily life.
