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Recycled Style

(ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: MAY/JUNE 2007) It's chic being green in today's environmentally conscious world. More than 7,000 products (including cereal boxes, paper towels and stylish home accessories) are made of some recycled content. Recycling is even easier in the Midwest. Our region has the most curbside recycling programs in the country. Take do-gooding one step further and put those pop cans or detergent bottles back in your home--in the form of a colorful bowl, catchy clock or artistic hanging light.

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Dishes and Fabric

BENCH FOR ONE
Oak wine barrels can have a second life when used to make furniture, such as this curvy bench. The seat is made from a recycled barrel; the frame is pine (to provide support). Wine Barrel Stave Bench. Viva Terra (800/233-6011; www.vivaterra.com)
DISHES THAT DELIGHT
Freeform seaglass plates, shown in Canteloupe, Citron and Pearl, are molded from postindustrial scrap glass. The Elements bowl in Coal is made of recycled glass from skyscraper windows. Table Manners (847/492-9664; www.tblman ners.com).
MOD FABRICS
Angela Adams put her geometric designs and earthy colors on fabrics made from 100 percent postindustrial recycled polyester. Angela Adams Sustainable for Architex (800/621-0827; www.architex-ljh.com).