How this bench made from recycled milk bottle lids is reducing anxiety and boosting friendships

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A Canberra primary school introduces Buddy Benches, designed to help students make friends or have a place to sit to reduce anxiety. The benches are made out of recycled plastic bottle caps by charity Lids4Kids.

When Charlie Woolstencroft volunteered to help bring a small Canberra charity's vision to life, he had no idea what he was getting himself into.

collecting recycled bottle caps in 2019, initially to create plastic hands and arms for child amputees.The process, which takes about 20 hours in total, starts with the melting of bottle lid granules in "lots and lots of different colours". "If it's just a slat, it'll take about 30 or so minutes. Then, after that, the work starts – trimming it all up and bolting it all together."

"It's actually something tactile that the kids can feel, it takes away their anxiety, it's very much like a fidget-spinner, it calms them down," Mr Miller said. Mr Miller said he found himself having to empty the donation bins – set up outside his Canberra home – three times a day.ask for a halt of donations after the Melbourne-based manufacturer of the artificial limbs stopped taking the lids while it whittled down its stockpileBut Mr Miller was determined to find a use for the small plastic lids, which cannot be recycled, and decide to manufacture them into seating for children in need instead.

 

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All I see is more propaganda for the woke agenda

Is this UV stable? I am looking for a substitute for treated sleeper (timber) for a raise garden bed. Also what is the cost per unit?

What a load of bullshit

I’d laugh but we pay for this shite

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