Philippine city turns plastic trash into tulips

Blooming beauty: A garden made out of 30,000 plastic bottles shaped into tulips was created as part of the local government’s efforts to raise environment awareness and attract tourism in Lamitan City, Basilan, Philippines. — Reuters

MANILA: A southern Philippine city has turned discarded plastic bottles into flowers to fill a garden of thousands of colourful tulips, capturing tourists’ attention and building awareness about recycling.The tulip garden, which opened on Monday, was built from 26,877 bottles collected from 45 villages around Lamitan City in Basilan, an island province on the southwestern tip of the archipelago.

Plastic bottles were cut into the shape of tulips and painted red, yellow, pink and blue, while others were blended into sand and cement and used to make pathways in the garden.