These baskets are made using banding straps; you know, that plastic strap that you can't seem to break on your new “thing”. Those straps, are Everywhere and generally are just thrown out. Seeing the vast quantities of them being discarded, I convinced different shops in my area to save them instead. After collecting enough of them I give the once dump bound material a new utilitarian use. Resulting in a 100% post consumer recycled product.

 

It turns out that banding straps are made of a polypropylene plastic, meaning they are only degraded by uv rays. Luckily LED bulbs do not emit any uv rays and they give the lights a radiant white glow.

Any LED can be used, my personal choice is a 60watt LED equivalent bulb in daylight. The cord is a pre-fashioned 15foot three prong plug with and on off switch.

 

The lights can be used outside, but cannot be left outside. The suns rays will degrade the plastic with time.