Why Upcycling is
Helpful?
Upcycling is very important
because it reduces the amount
of trash that ends up in landfills.
If this rain boot were to be
discarded, it would take 50-80
years for the sole to decompose.
As it is decomposing, it is taking
up space in the landfill. This is
impacting our environment
because the amount of trash
that we produce is getting larger
and larger, causing more
pollutants.
The production of the Bootiful
birdhouse has saved space in
the landfills for more important
waste items to decompose, and
it is helping the environment by
not releasing any chemicals due
to decomposition.
The Idea:
I found an old pair of rubber
A
rain boots at my house, and I
instantly knew that I wanted BOOTiful
Birdhouse
to use them. I searched for
“up cycling rain boots” on
Pinterest, and I found a
picture of a rain boot
birdhouse pinned by Bonnie
Miller from etsy.com. The
birdhouse in the picture was
not as colorful and pretty as I
would like it to be, so I added
glitter decoration to make my
birdhouse pretty. I also
changed the size and location
of the hole to be more
accessible to larger birds.
Merritt Fish
Webster per 3
A special thank you to my Dad
who helped me use a drill!
 The Process Rubber in Landfills The Birdhouse
I cut out a Synthetic rubber is composed of the This birdhouse is an ideal living
hole in the materials petroleum, oil, acetylene, and space for birds, with an
center of the
natural gasses. All of these materials insulated rubber boot and a
boot for the
birds, and contribute to the disability of rubber’s roof for shelter. The bird will be
two holes at decomposition. During the decomposition able to get in and out of the
the top of the of rubber, it releases greenhouse gasses boot through the center hole
boot for the into the air, and emits the hazardous and the wire hanger is able to
wire hanger. hang anywhere in the yard.
chemicals that are absorbed in the soil.
I constructed a These factors are adding to the amount of Also, the boot itself is helping
roof made of the environment because it was
dangerous chemicals in the landfills, which
popsicle sticks and upcycled, therefore not
are affecting the environment, therefore
cardboard, and contributing to the waste in
attached it to the human and animal life. landfills.
boot using a hot
glue gun.
Materials Used:
I painted and cut
the wire hanger. Rubber rain boot
Then, I ran the
wire through the Popsicle sticks
boot and
reshaped the wire
Cardboard
into the shape of
Paint
a hanger.

For
Hot glue
decoration,
Wire hanger
I added
glitter glue Glitter glue
polka dots.