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Recycled Hand Blown Glassware.
The recycled glass melted down and finely blown into glassware that has
perfect proportion, symmetry and balance. It takes
the form of jugs, beakers, wine glasses and vases. It
is recycled from discarded glass and comes in five
colours: clear, turquoise, olive, plum, lime and red.
Each piece perfectly captures the 'liquid sand' property
of glass as well as containing the trace of the maker's
touch with small ripples and optical distortions.The
glass is made in a family-run workshop. Milagros imports and works directly we the glass blowers.All our glass
is dishwasher friendly.
Glass recycles perfectly because it is made of such simple materials. It is a myth that recycling glass uses more energy than it saves. Recycling two bottle of glass saves the equivalent energy of boiling 5 cups of water. A small saving until you take into account that 2.4 tonnes of glass end up in landfill per year. IN the UK we use 331 glass bottles per person per year. It also reduces the need for energy intensive quarrying of lime and silica. For every tonne of recycled glass, 1.2 tonnes of raw materials are preserved. Even in accounting for transport and processing recycling saves 315kg of CO2 per tonne of glass. |
