Upcycle BVI

We absolutely loved reading this article about what the BVI is doing to manage their waste.

Photo Credit: Genevieve Glatsky

“Rather than exporting everything, local residents are looking for ways to turn glass into art, Styrofoam into beanbag chairs, plastic into fence boards and cardboard into compost.”

— "How One Island Territory is Getting Creative with Upcycling and Reuse" Waste Dive

Wow! Why can’t we do this in the USVI too. Our land is too valuable (and too beautiful) to waste.

Instead of letting trash pile up, let’s make it into something else…

…like this

This chair is made by VI Plastics out of plastics that were diverted from landfills in the British Virgin Islands.