Sandra Pascoe Ortiz uses juice from the prickly pear cactus to make plastic. Plastic is everywhere — the average American consumes 70,000 pieces of plastic per year, according to the American ...

These whimsical 17-ounce Icon Juice Glasses are made using hand-pressed glass beads and handblown glass, resulting in 28 unique designs (and counting) from tennis balls to bow-tie pasta.

The juice is extracted from the cactus, mixed with plant-based additives, rolled flat and dried. The resulting film is similar to that used in the plastic bags commonly available at grocery stores.