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In an effort to improve recycling, major soft drinks manufacturers could come together to standardise the cap size of their 500ml bottles and add three threaded cap-sized indents to each bottle.
Each tree would start with a single bottle, screwed into a weighted base (widely available from drinks
outlets). From there, empty bottles could be screwed into the indents in the original bottle, creating endless new 'branches' and an office sculpture.
Eventually a "bottle tree surgeon" would come round to recycle the bottle tree, and the process would start again.
Five or so bottle designs would help randomise the tree structure (maybe the different brands could have slightly different indent positions).
For students and educational establishments, there could be a molecular structure version.
Bottle tree
http://www.cellar-h...Washing%20Equipment
[normzone, Jul 14 2005]
Traffic Light Sculpture
http://www.artofthe..._Traffic_Lights.htm
Reminded me of this for some reason, which I also like. [wagster, Jul 14 2005]
Holly Hill's Bottle Tree
http://www.hollyhil...lilies.com/art.html
A vision in blue glass. [jurist, Jul 14 2005, last modified Jul 15 2005]
My Kind of Bottle Tree
http://www.clearcre...om/Pearinbottle.htm
Lovely pear Eau de Vie. [jurist, Jul 14 2005, last modified Sep 24 2005]
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I regret I have but one croissant to give. |
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People would go out of their way to add to such sculptures, in public places. |
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If the bottles could be connected in quite a tight triangular mesh, then very tall towers could be built.... |
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Include 2l bottles as well!!! |
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Different colored glass, I hope. What the hell, even clear, glass bottle trees would be remarkable. |
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Homebrewers have been using bottle trees for some time now [link] |
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I like the concept, however I don't think that current PET extrusion manufacturing methods could accomplish this. You'd need to develop another method. |
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this gave me an idea. when i read the title i thought that it meant a tree in a bottle. Mabye a bonsai tree in a small bottle to keep on a desk. or mabye a flower in a bottle. |
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[Waugs], all it would need would be the threaded jigs able to rotate out of the indents they create. |
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Shades244, I have a large test tube with a living fir sapling in it I got from a forestry company I worked fir. |
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I guess it would depend on where you wanted the threads to appear on the bottles. I can't see them being possible anywhere except maybe the bottom. |
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You invented "bottle bamboo", waugs. |
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