Another one of those things you look at and think "I could have thought of that!"
Apologies: source unknown. It was emailed to me.
Update:
Thanks to Permaculture Ideas visitor Mr.Sorightz I was asked for more info and found the original post (translated). Enjoy:
What you need:
- 20 plastic soft drink bottles 2 liter PET
- broomstick
- scissors
- stylus
- awl
- wire
- hammer
- nails
Steps:
| 1. Remove the label on the bottle. |  |
| 2. Remove the bottom of the bottle, with the cutting stylus. |  |
| 3. Make cuts in the bottle up to the more rounded
The bottle will keep strips approximately 0.5 cm.
|   |
| 4. Remove the neck with scissors. |  |
| 5. Make 18 pieces without neck and leave with a bottleneck. |  |
| 6. Fitting parts with no neck, one by one over the part with neck. Are you ready base of the broom |   |
| 7. Cut the top of another bottle and fit over the base of the broom you just prepared |   |
| 8. Drill two holes and insert the wire through all layers of bottles |   |
| 9. Pull the wire to the other side and twist the ends to fasten |   |
| 10. Secure parts with the aid of two nails |  |
| 11. Your broom is ready! |  |
